| Show pests of ho lambs when tho sheep arc sheared the annoyance which they leavo been sull cring for months back from licks may bo realized few owners of blocks take tho trouble to sheep to know in clial condition of misery they may be or to dico or alic reason why lioy pino slowly away until alicy perish in the finco corners alln y havo secluded no other domestic animals suiter so lucli from parasitic pests as sheep and of posts licks aio tho most annoying vo have heard of a lamb which had been sheared in tho fall having anoro than of those bloodsucking blood sucking upon it aud it weighed twenty six pounds this number is almost to cover tho whole surface of tho wretched animal and its tho cirii bo realized thus mado a prey by alio careless neglect of its owner to these tormentors tor mentors no wonder thai shoe be subject to so many ailments when this the most conspicuous one of tho many pests is permitted to prey upon it in this injurious manner this season is a very lit and proper one for considering aliis subject because the young lambs are now about to become subject to a variety of pests and if alicy nia to be from them immediate steps maist bo taken 0 o this end As regards alic licks a remedy is quite easy because the sliced are shorn creatures gither upon iho lambs for needed in iho wl then if tho lambs aro properly licater lica ted tho ticks may be completely destroyed this treatment consists in dipping alio lambs in a preparation of tobacco and made ai follows four ounces of course tobacco or of iho stems aro steeped in uno gallon of boil aug water one of of sulphur to this quantity of tobacco h added and the liquid up until iho heat is reduced to ILO dag A alicent quantity is made 0 o dip the lamb entirely all but the head and alic lamb is kept in the liquid about ten seconds alio wool being rubbed with alie hand so as to brin alie liquid in complete contact with tho skin this kills the licks instantly and as lie lamb is turned bouso alio dead insects will bo acu ecu deop from alio llio allocco the should ling 0 kept up to alio above to maintain its for a number iho liquor bo poured into alif wool along the back and guided through st on tho sides and blanks but dipping is alie most live method of applying alio llio another destructive young lambs is tho throat thread worm i small white worm known as the thread julns fairia fd iria and ti related creature to alic worm of young chickens this worm inhabits tho bronchial tubes and alic air passages of the lungs and produces disease known as paper skin 0 pining and known ai or alio becomes emaciated aud its skin white anil iho blood giai nol its healthful ltd color being in aliu red corpuscles corpus cles for want of alio llio acu oxidation in iho lungs and lie lambs gradually pino away until alicy aro found dead alii pest inhabit t no older but is not so frequently fatal to them although it interfere considerably sider ably with their thrift As alio llio worms mature and dio iu tho of ho old sheep they with ft jt go number of eggs anro discharged in the excrement this is dropped upon tho grass and alio llio lung is moistened and dissolved the eggs aro 10 and are hatched into minalu worms become attached to alio grass and aro alius alkon into tho stomachs of tho sheep haid iambi that anro pastured on fields leavo run tho year before or which leavo been top dressed with mancic from tho sheep pens to avoid tho trouble it is only necessary that alio lambs bo kept from anil provided aloun pas luro As a relief from blui disease when it lias invaded alio lanck small doses of anro given daily for several days in nud at ecat ono hour boford iho lambs ro fed tho boso doso lor a or months old iamb is ono pro in as much to it aril ivo hut as with all other rs of sheep ami lambs lion is lo 10 lacot ouro iv |
