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August 22, 1861 in The Kenosha Telegraph

Domestic News August 22, 1861

The Kenosha Telegraph

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Sheep Scab, Mercurial Ointment, Corrosive Sublimate, Sal Ammoniac, Sheep Treatment

Kenosha, Kenosha County, Wisconsin

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Historical agricultural advice on treating scab disease in sheep with mercurial ointment mixed with lard for varying severity, or a cautious stimulant solution of corrosive sublimate and sal ammoniac in rainwater. Notes that well-fed sheep in dry pastures are rarely affected.

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Scab in Sheep.—You recommend an ointment for this disease, prepared of common mercurial ointment, and three times its weight of lard for very bad cases. When the disease is light, or has but just made its appearance use five parts of lard to one of the ointment. The ingredients are well rubbed together, and the scabs are smeared with it. Another recipe for this disease is, one ounce of corrosive sublimate, four ounces of sal ammoniac, dissolved in four quarts of rain water. This is a powerful stimulant, and should be used with caution. Well fed sheep, or those that run in dry hilly pastures, are seldom troubled with this disease.

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Agriculture

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Sheep Scab Mercurial Ointment Corrosive Sublimate Sal Ammoniac Sheep Treatment

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Recommendations for treating scab in sheep include an ointment of common mercurial ointment and three times its weight of lard for bad cases, or five parts lard to one part ointment for light cases. Ingredients are rubbed together and smeared on scabs. Another recipe is one ounce corrosive sublimate and four ounces sal ammoniac dissolved in four quarts rain water, used cautiously as a stimulant. Well-fed sheep or those in dry hilly pastures seldom get the disease.