. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. PSOROPTIC MANGEâSHEEP SCAB. 629 experience \yith properly prepared dip, its injury to the wool is strongly and steadfastly denied by the Agricultural Department of Cape Colony. It is believed that a certain amount of justice is attached to this objection to lime and sulphur as generally used ; unless, therefore, lime and sulphur can be used in a way which will not injure the wool to an appreciable extent, we should advise against its use in certain cases; in certain other cases the good accomplished far out- weighs the injury i
. Diseases of cattle, sheep, goats and swine. Veterinary medicine. PSOROPTIC MANGEâSHEEP SCAB. 629 experience \yith properly prepared dip, its injury to the wool is strongly and steadfastly denied by the Agricultural Department of Cape Colony. It is believed that a certain amount of justice is attached to this objection to lime and sulphur as generally used ; unless, therefore, lime and sulphur can be used in a way which will not injure the wool to an appreciable extent, we should advise against its use in certain cases; in certain other cases the good accomplished far out- weighs the injury it does. Let us, therefore, examine into this damage and its causes. The usual time for dipping sheep is shortly after shearing, when the. Fid. âA more advanced case of common scab. wool is very short; whatever the damage at this time, then, it can be only slight, "and the small amount of lime left in the wool will surely do but little harm. In full fleece lime and sulphur will cause more injury. In Australia the deterioration was computed by wool buyers at 17 per cent., although in Colony the Department of Agriculture maintams that if properly prepared and'if only the clear liquid is used, the sediment bemg thrown away the official lime-and-sulphur formula will not injure the long wool The United States Bureau of Agriculture have found some samples of wool injured by dipping, while on other samples no appreciable effect was noticeable. , ^ ^ , . â ^i. If a lime-and-snlphur dip is used, care must be taken to give the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Moussu, Gustave, 1864-; Dollar, Jno. A. W. (John A. W. ), joint author. New York, W. R. Jenkins
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