Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1918-12-31
SOUTH PARIS MAINE, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 81 1918


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DR.. L. Sherman Cleaves, Extension
Agent IN Animal Husbandry OF the AgrI-
cultural kxtsnsion Service, University Of
Maine, finds internal parasites very prev.
aient among the sheep flocks Of this
state and feels that it 10 Of the highest
importance that flock. masters and pros
pcctive hock-masters should be warned
and advised against buying sheep for
breeding purposes at random. During
the past few months many insta ,ct Q
have come to DR.. Cleaves' notice whore
hooks have become affected With the
parasites through buying and bringing
into them IN affected ram, also cases
whore being unacquainted with the dis
ease farmers have purchased diseased
docks which have In turn contaminated
the healthy animals, pastures and graz
ing ground - we'll.
In some instances men who have been
successful owners for many years have
come to woe by the onslaught Of the par
asites In their focks, the cause of which
they we're entirely ignorant, some saying
that their pastures had "run out" others
that the sheep had "poIsoned" the pas
ture. The unthriftiness of the fooks
and the loss Of few sheep or lambs from
disease brings forth the above remarks
from their owners. .-s.
The real cause Of the "run ont" or
"poisoned" pastures, the unthrifty and
dead sheep, IN the majority OF cases, 10
internal parasites, stomach worms, tape
worms and the worm causing nodular
disease, are the three principal parasites
with which We are coming In daily con-
tact.
There are curative and preventive
and measures to be resorted
to and the preventive 10 by far the safest.
II your flock 10 healthy and your farm
free from this menace, do not trust to
luck In buying stock to take on TO your
farm but use every method available to
determine whether or not this stock you
are buying 10 affected or has been ex-
posed to the disease.
Do not buy on descriptions; always
make il . point to see your animals be-
fore purchasing. Ifyou are buying the
whole flock be sure to get the true his
tory of that flock; find out how many
have died out Of the flock during the
pd6S yoaE VI tWO Suu tuo oo"0- a0tuou
should be applied If only buying one or
4 few of the flock. One can much better
afford to spend little time and money
in An investigation to keep the disease
,ut of their flock than they can to spend
I lot Of time and money to eradicate 1t.
Besides gettinga true history Of the
aock in question one should look them
over thoroughly for the following symp-
toms: General unthriftiness Of the flock
but often of different degrees, some much
thinner In flesh and more emaciated than
others. Diarrhes or chronic looseness
Of the bowels which 10 often very much
In evidence. Occasionally dropsical
dwellings under the jaw and about the
lace and neck, also snemia (paleness Of
the skin and membranes Of the eyes and
II appears that In few cases diseased
have been sold for breeding pur.
poses BY men who were fully aware of
their diseased condition. In most In
stances this 10 not true, as the flock own
srs generally are not familiar with the
true conditions. In all cases purchasers
should be particularly careful to protect
themselves - the menace from diseased
animals is spreading rapidly.