USE OF CARBOLISED OIL IN LAMBING.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 157, 12 May 1879, Page 2

USE OF CARBOLISED OIL IN LAMBING.

(From the Norwich Chronicle.)

Sir,—Since my letter letter appeared in your own and other papers I have received many inquiries as to the carboliscd oil, which I regret, for want of time, being unable to answer, and I hopo you may be' induced to print the matter I send herewith, which will assist those persons who ask for some information as to the strength of the mixture and directions for its use.

I trust, also, that those persons whoso letters I have not answered, will kindly excuse my giving the information they seek through your own and other papers, which will relievo me of much writing, and the mformatin may be of some use to flockmasters generally.

I have proved that from its extra purity and ready solubility, Calvert's No. 4 carbolic acid may be fully relied upon, and I, therefore, recommend it in preference to any other kind that I have tried.

To one part of acid add seven parts of Gallipoli oil. Great care should be taken to have the acid and oil well and properly mixed, and also that it be thoroughly shaken before pouring it from the bottlo for use. It is advisable to use some of the mixture when there has been a case of difficult or bad lambmg to the exterior of, and syringe into, to the vagina, When there is any fear of inflammation of the uterine half a wine glass full, at the least, of the mixture should lie syringed into the uterus. I vciy much prefer the use of a proper syringe to endeavoring to get the mixture into the uterus by pouring some into the vagina and lifting the hinder part of the ewe. Suitable lead syringes may obtained at from Is each. It is advisable to use the mixture about new milk warm, and it may be applied every six or eight hours, but more frcqusntly in oxtremo cases.

Great care should be taken that shepherds after dressing a ewe affected with straining should not attend f kcm another ewe until thoy have thorof J7 washed their hands in water, with" which some carbolic acid may be mixed with advantage. I may, perhaps, be allowed to observe that as my business engagements induce me to ask you to kindly print this letter, with a view to saving me much correspondence, I wish it to be understood that if any flockmaster requires further information than the letters which have appeared in your own and journals convey, I shall be glad to render them any assistance that lies in my power. Since my letter of the 24th ult. there has been no case of straining amongst the ewesinthoMertonliock. There is a flock of 300 cross-bred ewes on a farm in hand at some distance from Merton, of which ewes seventy have „ lambed sixty and over twin-lambs, with " the death of only one ewe, since the lambing commenced, which the bailiff ordered to be slaughtered after': saving her two lambs,

I givo the above numbers because it is worthy of notico that tliero Ims not yet peon a single case of straining after lambing, a circumstance which the shepherd says ho never know to happen before, in all his experience, during a period of iorty years, He, liko the Merton shepherd, has used the carbolised oil freely wherever ho has found anything like a diihculty lambing. He syringes some of the_ mixture along the interior of the Vftgijia, and also applies it to the exterior. Ho is also cuveful to apply it to his hands whenever ho has to givo assistance to an owo.-I am, Sir, yours &c., Henry Woods, Merton Estate, Thetford, Norfolk, Bth March, 1879.