Show hivE LIVE NEWS STOMACH WORM VERY HARMFUL TO SHEEP The stomach worm cons con con- tortus Is one ot of the worst enemies ot of the sheep raiser Several hundred sheep were treated for the removal of at atthe the worms Copper sulphate copper sulphate and tobacco and cular Injections ot of ot sodium sodium so- so were used In treating the sheep Copper sulphate In a 1 per cent solution solution tion at the rate of GO 50 cc for tor lambs under one year and cc for sheep over one year was found to be 75 to toDi Di 05 per cent effective A solution containing con con- l 1 per cent copper sulphate and 1 per cent tobacco Infusion was found to have ha an efficiency of DO 00 to per cent ot of sodium was Injected In- In intramuscularly at the rate or of seven se grains for nn an adult sheep Two Ill tr three Injections were made at Intervals intervals In- In ot of two or three days with only negative results has a periodIc period period- Ic seasonal distribution due either to climatic conditions or to the nature ot of the food at different seasons seasons ot of the year Undoubtedly the nature ot of the food Is a great factor In the gradual removal ot of some ot of the worms from the host An estimate can be made ot of the of eggs In the droppIngs Under Un- Un der normal conditions the number or of eggs eegs In a gram ot of fresh tresh droppings corresponds corresponds cor- cor responds faIrly well with the number of adult female worms In the host There seems to be from 15 to 2 times Umes as many females as males Hence the number ot of eggs eegs In a gram cram ot of fresh droppings plus one half to one times that number gives a faIr estimate ot of the number of adult worms In the host John E. E Guberlet Oklahoma Agri c cultural Experiment Station |