St. Tammany farmer., 1921-08-13
BRIGGS SHOWS
SHEEP RAISING
ON
DRAINED LANDS
Experiments by Largest Of
Ranchers in Montana in
Disease Control.
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WET PASTURE
BREEDS DISEASE
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Open Range Serious Handi-
cap in Controlling; I'm
buried Carcasses.

buried Carcasses.
1t may be easily shown that rails
ing sheep Is more profitable on well
| drained farm lands than in the piney
woods. -
Some years ago one of the largest
ranchers in Montana experimental
on the advantage of fencing in the
sheep pasture as compared with open
| range, and found that sheep saved
f. ON dogs and other losses by fenc-
ing in one year paid the entire cost
OF the fence. and as the fence Wouli
last for several years fencing the
pasture was a good Investment l
| am told by very responsible men
| locally that the ''ra20r-back'' hog
kills more sheep in this parish than
do the dogs. But the losses from
pests are SO large that sheep-raisins
is not considered paying business
in this parish. The stomach worms
and other Intestinal parasites are
very injurious to both cattle and
sheep, but especially to lambs and
calves. Contagious diseases like
scab and Charlton as well as worms
and other parasites arc fostered ana
spread by the conditions existing on
the open range In the piney woods.
So any serious attempt at sheep
raising will at least start with fenc-
int the land, so that there may be
some control OF the environment.
Control of Diseases and Pests.
In the last article attention was
called to the method of eradicating
ticks by rotation Of pastll es or feed
ing grounds. This system when used
in connection with "hogging" down
or grazing of forage crops is profit
able one in money returns at the
same time that it serves as an effec
tual means for elimination of de-
structive stock diseases. 1t is worth
while considering some of these in
slight detail.
AS to stOmach-woWrm diseases in
cattle and sheep, DR.. Dalrymple says
From knowledge available, it is
considered safe to assume that prac-
tically all infection in pasture will
die out within a year after the re-
moval of sheep, cattle; or other rum
mating amin alS-which is point OF
great Importance" U. S. =. B. No
$40, on "Sheep Raising" therefore,
recommends teh plan of having
rotation of forage crops. Lands
which fall wheat or rye has been
sown will be safe for spring use and,
if plowed and s0wn to rape or other
crops for later grazing, is then a 5,
free from serious stoln2ch,wOrm in
fection." In F. B. No. 1850, it is
stated: In plan OF rotating pas
lures to keep down stomach worms,
the sheep may be moved over corn
fields, hay fields, and stubble of vari-
Gus sorts. Plow1ng Is a means by
which infestation may be controlled,
the young worms being turned unde,
and buried; apparently they do. not
get back to the surface in numbers
sufficient to cause serious trouble
such p1owed land may be sown to
forage crops and the sheep turned
in on these crops with safety. When
different kinds of stock are rotated
on pastures, sheep may safely follow
horses or swine, but not cattle or
goats as these latter may also be in
fected with stomach worms and a
number of other worms common to
seep, goats and CATTLE" And this
bulletin further shows that this pre-
ventive system by rotation, which is
pertitentIy said to be "the safest and
cheapest way of combating the
trouble applies equally to. such
other parasites as the nodular worm,
the sheep hookworm, thread-necked
worms, whipworms and lungwOrms.
Some of these parasitic diseases
are directly caused by pasturing or
wet lands. The liver fluke, for in
stance. occurs where low, wet pas
tres and the presence of suitable
snales make 1t possible for it to
exist. In the United States it occurs
on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts In
places and along the Gulf ofMexico."
Anthrax or charbon is disease
which may attack human beings as
well as animals. A scourage of it in
Southern Europe in the 18th century
caused the death of 10000 people.
Medicinal treatment of anthrax in
animals has not proved satisfactory"
Preventive measures alone seem to
be of any value. incubation with
serums and vaccines ar every i'm
portant in preventing spread of the
disease to exposed animals In F.
B. No. 784 on the subject, 1t is ad
gised that "infecte dareas should be
thoroughly drained and kept under
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authority conferred by Article 232
and Paragraph Four of Article PSI
Of the Constitution, and Act SO of
the General Assembly Of the State
of Louisiana, for the year 1916, and
the said bond was especially author
ized at a meeting OF the Police Jury,
held at Covington, Louisiana, on the
9th day of August, 1921, in accord
ance with said act.
The debt represented by the said
one hundred and seventy-one bonds
was incurred and the bonds were
issued by virtue OF the authority
conferred by the Constitution and
Act referred to and conforming to
the results Of an ordinance voted by