The Goodland republic., 1907-03-22
ARE YOUR CATTLE NANCY?
If They Are, Now Is the Time to Us
the hin

II They Are, Now Is the Time to Use
the Dip.
With the arrival OF spring and warm
days, the "a rIc.-r and stock man
| should look TO their cattle and horses
and see If their stock is infected with
| lice, mango, itch, etc And II so. should
! look about for the best way and cas-
/ lest way to rid their stock Of such
| diseases. Animals viii not thrive Is
they ought unless their hide is in a
healthy condition.
We deem it advisable, therefore, to
print in these columns, Press BulIe-
tin No 154 Of the Agricultural expert
ment station at Manhattan, which is
an article recently prepared by c. l.
Barnes, entitled, Dipping Live
Stock"
The value Of a dip depends first up
on its efficiency in destroying para
sites; second upon its nOn-irritaiing
effects; third the ease Of preparation
and application and fourth its cost
There are only two satisfactory me
thOds of treating animals with a dip
The first is hand treating, where the
number Of animals are few and ca sy
70 handle In hand treating the ami
NAL the dip is applied with scrubbin g
brushes SpOngesB etc, and all parts OF
the body liable to infection should
then be thoroughly and vigorously
rubbed If hand treating is properly
performed il is an excellent method.
The second method consists Of immers-
ing the diseased animals in the dip
ping solution There are two forms
OF vats in use for this purpose. The
cage vat is designed for comparative
" few cattle As its name implies, it
consists Of a cage in which the animal
e. L.
containing the dip Where a large
number Of animals are to be dipped,
the swimming vat is very popular. The
animals are forced to pass through the
vat, which contains sufficient dip to
completely immerSe them when they
plunge into the solution.
The coal tar dips are made from
some Of the prOduc cts Of the dfstilla-
ton Of coal tar. When mixed with
water they form a milky emulsion,
having a strong OdOr Of coal-tar. A
point in favor Of these products is
ease Of preparation, while an objection
is the cost Some OF the coal-tar dips
seem 70 vary in strength, judging
from the irritating erect upon the
cattle Several times while dipping
cattle with a 1 to 35 cOaI-tar dip used.
warm the first cattle dipped would be
greatly irritated while after one or
more hours OF dipping the cattle
seemed little affected. Another OBJ
lection to cOal-tar dips is their odor.
In dipping cows with calves. the cows
have great difficulty IN finding their
calves, as the powerful Odor OF the dip
renders IT impossible for COW to rec
ogniZe her calf by the sense Of smell.
It often becomes necessary in dipping
range COWS and calves to dip them in
small punches and hold them toEeth-
er until they can find their calves This
same difficulty occurs with lime and
sulphur dip, but to a much less ex-'
tent A point in favor OF the coaI-tar
preparations that they can be used
cold, but all dips seem to be greatly
increased in efficiency when used
warm Dipping in cold weather, cat
tie shiver more when coming out OF
a warm dip than when leaving a cold
one From all observations and expe-
riments made the evidence was entire
" in favor Of using the dip hot
A number OF experiments In the
preparation OF lime and sulphur were
made with the result that thorough
boiling for one and One-half hours is
important in making the solution
more efficient as a parasiticide- Va
rious fOrnulae were used@6 2-3
pounds ;iFue and 21 pounds sulphur
IS r5=,a1s lime and "A pounds sui
ph1E-ts 1oO gallons OF water. In the
fOrme- .ere seemed TO be an excess
OF unCornbfned lime in the sediment.
and 81 --le latter an excess OF sulphur,
but in no cases did cattle show any
bad results In preparing the lime
and sulphur dip. the lime and sui
phur are placed in a kettle and Is gal
Ions OF water added ard boiled for the
proper length OF time, then allowed to
settle for Is hours The surface IL
Quid is drawn on and sufficient water
added to make 100 gallons. This So
luton is then used at a temperature
OF los degrees to 10 degrees The
cattle are kent In the dip Tor two min
utes- Two dippings are generally ad-
vocareo, ten days apart Cattle should
be dipped IN the fan and spring. One
should avoid winter dipping. or when
the weather IS very hot in summer.
Crude OIL has recently been intro
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