. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . spent tlieir whole lives in herding and caring forsheep and had therefore gained much practicalexperience. These shepherds claimed that somesheep could be saved by letting a little snuff to-bacco thoroughly mixed with linseed oil run intothe sheeps nostrils. By holding the sheeps headhigh when the mixture was poured into the nostrilsit would find its way to the place where the grubswere lodged. The grubs would be disturbed bythis snuff and the sheep would begin to sneezeand thus force the grubs out of
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . spent tlieir whole lives in herding and caring forsheep and had therefore gained much practicalexperience. These shepherds claimed that somesheep could be saved by letting a little snuff to-bacco thoroughly mixed with linseed oil run intothe sheeps nostrils. By holding the sheeps headhigh when the mixture was poured into the nostrilsit would find its way to the place where the grubswere lodged. The grubs would be disturbed bythis snuff and the sheep would begin to sneezeand thus force the grubs out of the head. Thismay be a good remedy, and those sheepmen whoare troubled with this pest might give it a trial,but the author has had no occasion to test it as hehas always succeeded in preventing grub in thehead by the method which follows. 10 118 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. PREVENTION. This disease in sheep can be avoided by doing alittle extra work. If no other time is suitable forthis purpose it can be done in the evening aftersupper when the other chores are completed, as the. Plate 40. Five purebred Southdown yearling wethers fitted bythe University of Wisconsin for the 1915 International show which wasnot held because of the prevalence of the foot and mouth disease. days are longest in fly time, which is in summer. Itis an old saying that where there is a will there is away, and so it is here. A man who has a smallflock can probably take the time, say every twoor three weeks, to smear some pine tar on the nosesof the sheep. Even if the sheep eat a little of it,it will not harm them, on the contrary, it is good Prevention and Treatment of Parasites. 119 for them. The tar will keep the flies away fromthe sheeps noses, and in fact away from any placewhere it is present, for flies despise pine tar. It is important to see to it that sheep have freeaccess to salt at all times of the year, whether theyare in the barn or on pasture. This salt, however,should be placed in
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