The Marshall republican., 1906-08-17
WORMS IN SHEEP
Ailment Which Is Best Treated by
Change Of Pasturage-other
Remedies.

The bane of the sheep grower In
the humid sections IL what 10 called
the twisted stomach worm, the
strongulus Contortus, a small, fine,
thread-like worm found twisted to-
gether In the stomach OF the sheep,
red when filled with blood, white when
eead and empty. SO far as we know
IL is TO be found In all focks In the
humid and perhaps In the ssmi-arid
sections OF the United States.
IL seldom does any appreciable In
jury TO the older sheep, nor to yigor-
Gus early lambs. II is frequently fatal
10 lambs out OF condition, and espe-
cially TO lambs that come as late as
the first Of June. Ii Is taken into
he system from pasture infected from
the ~droppings Of older sheep or lambs
that are infested.
Hence the one important thing In
fighting this disease Is change OF pas
ture. IL sheep are kept for a number
Of years on a blue grass pasture. and
especially II they are watered from
sloughs In the pasture. they are al
most certain 10 have a severe attack
OF stomach worms. There are lust
two ~preventives. One is not 10 allow
sheep on the same pasture more than
W years In succession. The other is
TO have your lambs come as early as
they can be cared for. and then feed
mem some grain and keep them grow
Ing vigorously from start TO finish.
II they can be sold fat In June at
the prices usually current, sell them.
Five dollars ia Just as good pay for
q lamb In June ~ # Is for q lamb IN
December and January which has
eaten n great deal more feed and In
CURED greater risk. II weaned they
should be put on a fresh pasture. old
pastures sooner or later become sheep
sick.
AZ to remedies. Prof. X. A. Craig.
veterinarian OF Purdue experiment
station. upon the authority OF DR.. Law.
recommends the following:
"Arsenious acid. one dram. sulphate
OF Iron, fve drains: powdered nux
vomica, two drains; powdered areca.
Two ounces; common salt. four ounces.
This mixture is sufficient for 30 sheep
n can be fed with ground feed once
or twice 4 week. In case the symp.
toms are already manifested, Il should
be fed once a day for two or three
weeks. In giving this remedy In this
reed the necessary precautions should
be taken or each animal may no, get
the proper dose"
To which he also adds:
"Turpentine is largely used in the
treatment OF stomach worms. II Is
administered as an emulsion with
milk Zone part turpentine to l6 parts
OF milk. The emulsion should he
Wen shaken before drenching the ami
maj The dose is two ounces for n
lamb and four ounces for an adult
ahu 10 De enective should be repeated
daily Tor two or three days"
we used this turpentine treatment
some years age In our own flock: and
while II will kill the worms. we have
always thought that Il left the sheen
IN an enfeebled condition; whether
que 70 the treatment or the result of
the disease we were % able 10 de-
termine.
] n handling sheep an ounce OF pre.
Veh1ion Is worth a good many pounds
OF cure n the one maxim 'cbanga
OF pasture Is good for sheep" is worth
apout all the medicines that were evey
poured down the sleeps throat. says
Wailaee's Farmer. We rememb,r
once looking through an old conv M
m OF the earliest OF the agricultural
papers. IL wen into the subject OF
diseases OF sheep very thorouehly.
dealing with almost every disease we
ever heard OF and some we nsyer
heard or The remedies described
were purely vegetable. decoctions rom
various herbs such as were used by
our wise srandmothers In treating the
ailments Of their children I'M grand
children; but we noticed that Il the
end OF each prescription there was
.nIs sage advice: Change the pas