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FARMERS PROVE VALUE OF EUfE RESEARCH SHOWS WHY » Si B U Research workers here and overseas ■■ W ■ ■■ B B■■ ■ w B B B ■ w W are sbowin 8 drench is an important aid m increasing returns from breeding more prime lambs IMOOI I ewes rises'markedly time of I lambing and during early lactation, rising to a peak about six weeks Drenching gives ewes necessary gave them a pre-lamb drench with I Beedes I ** Thibenzole. The fatstock buyer of stress, the worms lay massive Ilf* f A nAittnnm Ramil drafted the lambs from these ewes numbers of eggs which contaminate 1111 LU UvllUlin well on November 24th and was surprised hatch and dl .v,i„„ .. . ■ p At 4 ♦ U Ain when notified of the weights - they stage when the A bout nine years ago, Rex Alexander took over a 419 acre were 21-3 lbs heavier than any of the young susceptible iamb is beginning property near Waiuku in the South Auckland area. Previously lambs killed from his. district. The to graze. Romney ewes were run with supporting cattle, but Mr Alexander wOOl , fr ° m the wa ® a,50 .. 11 ": reiieeitq EWE A I AMR realised very early on that if he was to survive ever-increasing of2Site P BENEFITS EWE & LAMB costsand lower prices for primary produce, something had to ! drenched these lambs in October ™ «nbe done to improve his nock’s performance. one month before weaning and one firmed that the pre-lambing drench Three years ago he and eight other = . ■■OR eweandiamb” o™' 0 ™' benefi,s b ° th fanners established a Romney Breed- For the ewe, the pre-lambing drench ers Group with the prime objective means increased thrift and improved of improving the production of their Khl ■'j milking ability; increased wool Sf. . -4 aS3MSf l '"“ cial farmers a limited number of ~ ■ Jl’ For the lamb, the prc-lambing high-performance rams. All members * ’ drench means less exposure to inof the Group were prompted to ” .. : fretive larvae; faster growth; better. it.;. bigger carcasses and fewer lambs to breed their own rams because they ’ be drenched at weaning. were unable to purenase the type of - Trials published in the 1970 Prosheep they wanted rams capable I codings of the New Zealand of producin': open faced, lonaer car- | : Society of Animal Production show i«nn». I that a pre-lamb drench with Thtcassed and longer legged animals, , benzole”, returned 73 cents extra weaning a high percentage of quicker income. maturing lambs, unassisted, and clip- - - ' , ■ ihSSbV' The pre-iamb drench reduced wool ping a heavy good styled fleece of ’ £***l’? break by 50% and also improved medium wool .(ualily ’ $ ■ .x. > - - 'lf JBl. HLSLriM «S. Each farmer tn the Group screened ,<7 Lambs from ewes drenched before his entire flock of ewes for two years, lambing shows'* a significant weight identified all those giving birth to twin i advantage at lOC days. Their carhmk mrU M.rvlr.o ,h- p-K? six V ■ casses were heavier, and graded lambs and carrying them through < .■.< . z . ■ -flHßlt .-1 better. As a result average carcass to weaning. Io remain in the elite value was increased from $3.44 to mum oM lifetime from Rex Alcxander attaches great import- third went away fat in the first draft. s3 ’ B9 ’ Hv-non lifetime trom ance tQ management _especially The second draft were shorn lambs GIVE ADEQUATE DDSE Rex Alexander's nronertv is the ccn- animal health: “I used to drench my which were picked as grass was tral tectino nation tn whirh ait ths. hoggets when they looked as though getting short another drought was These trials were conducted with selected elite ewes are sent hv the were S°’ n B back. Three years setting in. These lambs were the first “Thibenzole;*, which has a wide g!J?s member,, .nd nuled w as ° , w “ m miS IL'Shi’i, '?’7S!- “i”""' Sh °'" “USm taSSd 1 win “ Unue g tanS'my ew« “ Ujor Of limbs wire weanSl 1 achieved excellent weight with Thibenzole and feel that the Usuadly it is more convenient and SdipM t-f* toss " s ,o by drenching ewes a few weeks - "T| a ft er lambing say docking time. as primes as against only 96 in the ]B% increase in prime lambs On some occasions, when worms I undrenched group. After slaughter, the „ Last j drenched 4 000 b d . are particularly troublesome it may lamb carcasses from the drenched group - - th TKihenzole before be necessary to drench ewes both Drenching is nn investmenl of the fleects had wool break compared uri™. ’ t u » with 19% in the undrenched ewes. uSL fir? drift “lt seems to me that many fanners have \ ... Afe. I Mr. Wilson comments: “Although I have m ‘? 6 h.«»«7h. *, he w ™ ng a PP roach . wh en it comes to • - been drenching ewes before, this trial not h f a drenching - they often wait until they J.,- demonstrated the benefits and ! will be n °M_“ In ihMSm? have to drench their sheep and by then " iff . ::-r drenching my ewes again this season as I ( a ™crs in the same thc damage IS done. The cost factor could > X ?B know fr ° m m y own experience that it thl nnn? be a mal ? rea ’° n - . but ’t should be l e . a !’ B' ves thc ewes and lambs a better oppor- ,a ™ bs n a " a X b “ a “ se ° f h tb ® P h?d ,sed that dren ? hin § ’ s an investment whtch hSISBBNB (unity to produce more.” !> ea °u. Thl a a? a -n u improves stock and financial returns. ■lfel.f- i drought conditions and I will be M hoggets are drenched with Thibenzole drenching all my ewes again before four times at monthly intervals at the end lambing. , o f December, in January, February and MHmMMMMHHBMMMHHBBMM Better ewes wool —Rick Stevenson, Titahi Bay, then in June before they go on to winter . r . _ ... Wellington. feed. I have drenched the ewes before MMBWMMMWHMMMWMMBBmB I run I—'o Romney breeding ewes —lambing for three years now and have on my 650 acre farm and have pre- had good reS ults using Thibenzole. The GOOD SURVIVAL RATE ,™« Wikon nar Olanf The ™*d Emie S,okes ’ WaihaW, ron, Il elandstoreaso,. thallf y.wrewes are object <rf the trial was to see if drenching start B thine ateu? ThFben 2 ’°°° breeding ewes on a hill country daggy and dirty they will not thrive. ewes before lambing would improve the ’i Jrtiat'k kilkthe worn Ims ?n property. He’s been pre-lamb drenching ' Last year I was unable to drench my ewes lambs and also improve the wool produc- t h e a , we ii ~ the with Thibenzole for four years now and because of labour problems and realised tion from the ewes P th?s the „r»blem of Z ’ a Y s “ rm Setting much heavier lambs afterwards I had done the wrong thing SckinTlm wo„£I t™ the A« and ! ’ ve n° ticed ‘‘’s not so necessary to the lambs did not make the weights The results of this farmer trial demon- P „sSl t oFthkXiwhth? !wk sem drench the lamb as a result of drenching experienced previously. This.yearl have strated that the lambs from the ewes to ?hllr well drenched with Thibenzole made quicker noticeable reduction in the amount there’s a very good survival rate • —which before tupping and will definitely not miss weight gains and that ewe woo! produc- of 1 think is due t 0 a combination of vaccin- mit on the pre-lambing drench.’ tion was improved. The lambs were —Tom Wright Dargaville ating drenching the ewes before r«. r™.. drafted on 15th December and 116 went North Auckland. 8 ’ lambing. Last year, despite drought condi- —Jos Jones, Glenham Ridges, away in the Thibenzole-drenched group tions, I drafted the heaviest lambs ever.” Southland. Licensed under the Animal Remedies Act 1967, No. 858 Trademark Published by Arrangement TBZ 106/4668