Show L 0 TV apace pik ST ULM WAY TO PREVENT i NT STOMACH WO WORMS various salt anti and drug mixtures I 1 have love been used by sheep raisers who at times glie give glowing accounts ca as to their effectiveness as aa stomach worm pr exen tives the mixture of salt and copp copperas erad to is one ot of those frequently suggested while this mixture has not been put to test by tiny state experiment station other mixtures have been tried the results secured in these tests testa may permit of 0 some soma deductions duct ions lons as to tile tha effects eness of tills this method of preventing stomach worms one often hears of the high cm clency of tobacco given either in tile the suit or in if thu feed us as a stomach worm preventive two tests teats conducted by the bureau of animal industry of tile united states department dej 0 of f agriculture and one test by the ohio experiment peri ment showed tobacco to ue 00 of no value lit in venting stomach worms at the ofila sta a group of lambs were allowed salt which had incorporated anted in it I 1 V ca c of 40 per cent nicotine sulphate te for 1 each ounce of salt tills this salt find ul nicotine cotine mixture was so strong that it caused tile the death of one lamb and the illness of another lamb and yet it had find iio worth as a stomach worm preventive it Is hard to conceive therefore of any inix mixture ture which will bu effective against stomach worms and let not harmful to the sheep especially when a drug such as aa nicotine sulphate which Is effective when used as a drench falls fails so BO completely when used lit in a salt mixture and this even though allowed in a concentration sufficient to jeopardize the health of tile the sheep |