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Show DOCTOR SHEEP WITH WORMS Drenching With Copper Sulphate la Recommended by Animal Hue bandmen at Ohio Station. Stomach worms und tapeworms, which cause enormous losses to sheep misers each year, may be trouted satisfactorily sat-isfactorily by drenching with copper sulphate, according to animal husbandmen hus-bandmen tit the Ohio experiment station. sta-tion. Digestive disturbances, malnutrition malnu-trition and general weakness ure symptoms symp-toms of these pests In sheep. For 8 to 20 hours before treatment the sheep ure fasted. They are then drenched with a bottle or with ft rubber rub-ber tube ami funnel. Two fluid ounces of a aolutlon made by dissolving aa ounce of copper sulphute (blue vitriol) vit-riol) ln two (imirts of water Is suttl-clent suttl-clent for u yeurllng, while a two-yeur-old sheep requires three fluid ounces. |