DISEASES OF SHEEP.

Waikato Times, Volume XX, Issue 1666, 10 March 1883, Page 4

DISEASES OF SHEEP.

The following interesting letter, by Mr Chides I\- Hay ward, ol Toinlinsoii ati<l Hay ward, -Agticuituial Clicmists LiucotMfthglalVd, nppe.ued in ;i, loecnt issue or thull.nvkes Bay Hernia :— ' I re id wilh much mteie-t Mr Jlepii'uld Fosters panel on the dioeas-es ot sheep in youis-of tlfia ' day, and it shdnld bo ot great. Value to the large Jloeko me. thiougliont'New Zealand, because it 11-notl Inot a thcoi/'tioal solution of tin. 1 way I . deal with disease, but a piactical one and after some ycai >of e\pencnco Mi FosLui speaks 'of actual tacts. New, 'as icg.i ds the oilier lepicsonla live of scab, tin* sheep louse, \\ Inch c'.uisci'ivlinoit us laige a io-v. ot wool a. the scab. ' .As we have tin-, lou >o to diul with— ).<■ , it-> anniluLition — J have made it my study to become acqnunted w it.li tile .s.tme, for it is a paiasilo tli.it we li.u< liotin Englnnd, neither have wo found it in the lander sheep inns of tlie Knei Plale or South Afuca tliat we lia\o had to deal mi tli foi some year-<. Liku j\h Foster, J find lt.isuiface hUiu paia-ite, Mluuh bieudb \c-ry fa^l, t'.ie joini;, matin ing qnirUly, and the iiiil.iliou caused is e\en woise than that of the led louse so prevalent in lOnyland, Avhieh rt'bults in a gio.it loss of wool, tlnoiigh the C9iistant nibbing ot the s>heep. 'J'hc teiiaeity ot life m this putasite is very gie.it, but with a uueful dipping with <i good non-poisonous dip it cm bedestioyed. But thein.iniici in which i luwi of some sheep being dipped, whith is simply a lushing of the tlnough the bath, and in these days of cold water dip, jt is veiy (jiicstional'le whether .such a dipping Mill kill thc-,e para&ites. It. i 3 impeiatne in all coldwater dips that the sheep should lemam in a full minute if a thoiough destiuetion of lice ib letjuiied, and it is <i \eiy .simple matter in an angmg .ibath 01 l.ice, all of which I find too bhoi t -that I lui\ c as yet .seen in the South Jshind — <-onie only being 20 feet and none nioie t'l.in 3o feet along. ]S'om', in my opinion all ]).itlis .should be fiom .30 to 00 icet long, and suihcieuUy deep to admit ot a sheep Mviinnnng tlie gicater p.ut of it It is not nece^sar\ foi Hit* bath to ho ihe same "width all the way down. It could c\en taper to !) inches at the bottom, fiom '• iy, o iect at the toji, a. id '1 het at watei level, m Inch is not only a Ni\mg of dip at the finish, l>ut quite ,i~. ellectii.il to the legs of the sheep. The fact ot a sheep gw inuring instead ot walking shreds the wool, admits ot the liquid going light home to the skin m o\eiy p.ut Mheie it deposits its killing propel ties, and in our glycerine dip the glyceune portion, sothatthcie is both the killer ot the paiasites and the gieat feeder of the Jlccee, which is theie until the clipping f-eason. A thin dip will not do this, lience the laihue ot cheap fluid-., winch simply destiov the ti< !.s on' v, and lose tin n jiowtr \t i y soon after the di;)])in;, r , necessitating the gie.it inconvenience of a .second dipping on ai < ovuit of its in.vbilitv to kill the pu.isiti-., winch aie niucli moie dillictilt to ilistioy than the ticks. "Waini dips arc iimc.'i more e/li'( tu.il than cold dips, but, c old dip-,, v nghtly ii^ed, and tlie ))i t eiibid time idheied to sue of ijieaL benciit to the annual, and them aic numeious jil.u ■ •. v. heio it is qmefc out, of the (jiie->tiuii to gi I titlu i the eoin cnienccs oi the timbei wheicwith to make the hot w, ilei. and as I h.ue said befoie— use can- and do not tush thr sheep tliroiiuh the bath nieidy to <,ret, r et thiougli agieat liumbi rof shci p in ad iy ; think of tno clipping day, when you may easily add one shilling per lleeeo tlnough an e\tia half minute in the- bath, a full minute in all, and forget not the old adage, " If <i thing i-. Moith doing at all it i.s uotth doing well."'

O'-j'jucii fanning has pioveda .succubs upon tlio Muu.lv Downs in Ausliahii. BuliiM pppudj ioi .il;i icultiiial edmation about /.'') |)ui 1001/ inhabitants ; Muslim, £10 ; Kunco, CJ'J 10, ; and J'liifcsin, US. Win \ «i in vi kitni , to me toi <id\ ii c I find out the kind ol ,id\ ia he wants, and 1 irn« it to linn : Uns sitisly*. him th.it In' ,md [ tin two, i miui t men as tlu ici^ 'I'm. follow lie,' O' rimed in a Sin !''ian cisi o (Join t . -•■ I Luc you,"' a ked the Jndije of a icienlly i o'i\ v l"d man' ,u\)tliiny to oil it the (Jon. t lafoie the .sentt'iitc is p. is cd .'" " No, youi Ilouoi," rcplud l!u pi iswiu r, "my lawyer took my last cni..' 1 ,loiin T<>r.i\, i % \ I'lc^'U'nt of Ifudson iivir i.iiho.ul, funiiiily a million. uic, and a m.vi w ho>e (>]>■ l.iliou > sit the Mock Hxchai)'^ 1 in an iijufiti, Jind jiidin'iicijd s]ic( .il.ition-, all o\ci liic coimliy. 'i.i ■. hi'cdiiii tii utter wieek pip, iil.ill\ a-> will. i Im.Mioi.iily lie \tas iiiic-lid in iNuw \oiL lot-Liilly toi til 11 lllvlK' -. I. "\Vll\rt!i<' rnun'iy needs," bawled •i ]i'<litii'.'tl ui.ttoi , <i i in phu i d one hand liH'ludiamafiL.illv liclmccii lih (o.il tails and pointed lowaid the <on -.trll.if ion of 1\ i m'Us w llli ilie otlu i " \\ It it this louniiy nculi ' -Ik londnued vaguely, as in the iidiniiatiou ot his .if htude I.c lobt the .skein of hN thought—"' what tin (minti\ mwh —is -is- is fewer men and moie of them.' And then he sal down amid a tumult Ih it MMiidid moie ];!,( l.ui'j'itn than il did like a|ipl.ui'-e, and uoinhicil o\d his J.ist iein.uk till lv-> iect hint Jinn. Tin. ft\iA\n<>N Akm^ — " A housp tliat js dnidid a;_'i])i-L it. "II L.miK/t bt.ind, 'and we le.ii n lli.J, thcie is .i heady ;idi\isi()U in tlu 1 Links ol Ihe ' '■•■lU.ilnjn Ainiy. ' Jt iippe.ii.s th it ( .uitain (npsy Smith, who was the coinm.indinLj oiiicei oftheaim\ in llanlev, w.i< lately pieficiittd with a <^old watch 1»\ hir, hi< nd.i in tins jiottones This was not in aecuid juice witii the (tcinal hliils, oi things in the opinion of ( icneial Uootli, and Cap tain Smith was pioii'])lh easlneiod. Smat tiiij.^ nude i tins licilnicnt, the di,ch.uged one, on ]Wonda t \ l.tit, ni^ed his ii\al standaid and o|n in d ,\n oppo-sition cainpa,i«u in the populous d't-Lncts of Bui'bluin and Ntt)k»> ; and to him adherents nic now flotkiii I,'.1 ,'. To two lieutenant-) ot the ai my who weie guilfv of oflences ot a <-imil.il inline, (lunei.il jßootli ofleicd the option of lci\niij the Army or jjium; up the piescnts to his ltcppirg. Uut they pieteiied the watches to the Auuy, and now they aie o\er to the stjuulaid of Captain Cipsy Smith. Aeccordiug to later intelligence, the (lhision in the Links of the S,il\ ntion Ami), caused by ihe secesbion of Captain {Jipsy .Smith, anpeais lil.ely to assume fcorious pi Ojioi lions. Neaily all the "ti oops"' in the Pottni<s ha\e now joined (he oppoMtiou in my. M«i|or J^awectl, who has been sent to JLinley Jiom head(|iiaitei , to t.ike ehaige of the iSahation At my contingent, accompanied by a female captain, has been .so loughly roeeivcil thai .i body of twche pobeemui was rcqiiii ed to cst vi t him to his lodyinga. At an upioaiious meeting, attended Jiy fton.e thiee thou'aiul "lebels,"' i\lios!e object it was to prevent the holding ot a &<jivicc by thru 1 forincr oliieers an<l Major I'\iwcctt, the latter tiied for sevcial houis to gam a hearintr without the Kasfc siu cecs. J*]\cji the name of Genci.U Dooth was ineffective to quell the tumult, mere mention of him rai&ing :i peifect stomi of " Jnsses,gioans> cat-calls, and other deafening noises." Prom, all appearance, thereioie, General Booth seems to have acted unwisely, or at least hastily, in depiiwng Captain Gipsy Smith ot his commission for receiving the piesentation made by his friends. You will do well to furiii&h your house from Garlick and Cr.inwcll'';. Hicy li.ive nov tlio most complete Kurnisluncr Warclionsu in Auckland, furniture to suit all classes, good, btroiif,', and cheap. They ha\c T.ipestry C.irpcts irom 2s 3d per yard, .Brussels from 3s lid per •yard. Linolc'iim from 3s 9d to ss, Oil Cloths Irom Is Gd to ds (jd per >ard, good 12 feet wide Oil Cloths at 4;. Od pel yard, immense assortment of Iron JJedile.uls from lutants' Cols to 5 feet Wide hftif-tcstpr Hodsteads. ]3oublc iron ]!cdftcids fiom 255. 4bo Bedhtcads ih stork to select irom. Ucdditigs ot all kinds and sizes kept in readiness. Diniiitf, .Sitting, Prawinsj-room furniture, and nnd a larfje assortment of Manrhestei and Furnishing' Goods, including a lot of Cretotinys. Book Catalogues sent free to initending purchasers, QarlicK »pd CnjnwoU, Q\ty Jiiil Arp*'4c, Quocniitreet, Auckfrnd. '