CURE FOR SCAB IN SHEEP.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume III, Issue 313, 6 October 1875, Page 2

CURE FOR SCAB IN SHEEP.

The following letter addressed through the Wairarapa Mercury to the flockowners in that district will be read

with interest by our subscribers. Mr. Donald’s long experience in the oflh-e of Sheep inspector should entitle bis opinion to considerable weight: — “ Manaia, October 11th, 1869.— Gentlemen, — Having seen much correspondencer of late both in the Australian and local newspapers respecting the sulpburet of lime bath, as used for the cure of scab in sheep, and more particularly a letter ■ mittui-'bjL Mi. faiaptor of (Sheep in Victoria—Lwas induced to ask t&b'br-fhree-ofltMsetHl'™ in this - - district— to—trv -tfe-exuan meitt- oa a small result of which 1 now give ’those whose flocks,arp.su,fferingTrem of a disease.' 1 "Mr.TurltWg/mwWgbr of the Hungaroa- Btaj«m,. dipped , JrW ;«rins, which werfobadly the 31st ;fta<° < i ess on the ninth day following. When ,y»r(ted.foff .dipffißg’fpu this isUer/Uy . the.whofeaeanesl.AP tve-.b.«?P cfcJfed tby the first dip, with the. pfjtfqp.tjojo, qf three, which Mr, Furlong had Ife htiis>o.tlio>pugM satisfied of its efficacy as a bath Wr . fteMpatyises Vfoing it flocks on •itetStJAMiPvJ MWUMeStaIMB* on the 9th inatapV M.d didiiot discoverß srebj ski n being in a perfectly healthy condition tirid the Hvbtfl ‘grWHi'g.’ MTbWWfcipttis —2 ouncea of jqttiul<l*uie4-p 4 ounces of or 1001 b of sulpnur to 0018 of Time in 400 gallons of w water, to "be boiled for ,(kftwarter rpfi WApWos-She is —when the put in the lime first, then the sulphur, and stir well up fafter boiling for a quarter making acid, ana any wmen remains in the trougln>fttbepi;tj)e day’s work is ~ over must be thrown away as it won’t kt&s4-WAn%Q<J3 file >lStnfera> don t let it down pelow 100 degrees, •fewljeqp ifegjhfi M,fegfefe the both, for Mr. Q.Me^ra has also given the bathaArial, but without sneoest; which Rfind'wadiowiug to the Wtimtf’be tlßffl 'beitig sl&ckeik ’Mii Curthays that hlilf I tße! o qfeniti’t'te!i -trill do ff>F ’ft C 0 9 d Z dipping, lyit, asjtjie ingredients are not of a costly nathfc, I should lecaßUßeni /that the full .ma^-^^3l;,'*' , r of Sheep.