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Show Scabies Found Among 1 Sheep at Snowviile. Scabies have boon found among sheep at Snowviile and the Curlew "sinks," and tho disease prevails with considerable frequency in these sections, according to Thomas Redmond, Red-mond, secretary of the state livestock board who has just completed a tour of inspection of Box Elder county. The scab was found mainly among: pet lambs, hand-fed nurslings that had been dropped out of herds that passed through on the trail, Mr. Red-mond Red-mond said. The condition indicates a scabby condition among sheep returning re-turning to summer ranges inIdaho. Mr. Redmond found that the Spey-cjs Spey-cjs herd at Monument mountain was infested with scabies, and a dipping-vat dipping-vat is being constructed there to take care of the situation. In some instances in-stances the dip will have to bo applied ap-plied by hand methods. Precautionary Precaution-ary measures have been ordered. Mr. Redmond reports that he never saw tho grain in better condition than it is in the Curlow and Hansel valleys this year. Ho found haying and thinning of beets in progress around Ogden. Sheep are in good condition. Successful range lambing was reported, though those that had earlier lambing, in sheds, met with some unfortunato weather. |