WORMS IN SHEEP.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume II, Issue 186, 11 July 1874, Page 2

WORMS IN SHEEP.

Nitre and Sulfhub. — loz nitre, soz sulphur, lOoz of water, to be given on an empty stomach in ounce doses, two or three times, at intervals of six, eight or ten days as necessary/ The nitre to be dissolved in the water, the sulphur added, and the mixture to be well shaken before measuring out the dose, which is best administered from a bullock’s horn. Linseed Oil and Tubpentine. —2 dis. turps, loz. linseed oil, in a thin mucilage of flour or starch, as one dose. To be given on an empty stomach, and to be repeated two or three times as necessary, at intervals of six or eight days. Liverpool Salt and Sulphur. —To 1 cwt Liverpool salt add 121bs sulphur, mix thoroughly and give each sheep two table spoonfuls, either by adding water and administering it with a drenching, three or four times at intervals of three days, or placing the mixture dry in troughs and allowing the sheep to lick it. This like the other medicines to be given on an empty stomach. Horehound. —Make as strong a decoction as possible by boiling the horehound well, and with a bullock horn give each sheep a wine-glassful on an empty stomach, three or four times at intervals of three days. Some add half a pint of turps to the gallon of horehound, and others administer with a strong dose of salt and water.