LAMB-DIPPING.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 51, 23 November 1907, Page 3

LAMB-DIPPING.

'■, A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. No operation on a sheep farm gives .1 .better return for labour and money expended than that of dipping lambs as soon as possible . after the owes arc shorn. Tho benefits which the youngsters derive from a bath in a high"class non-poisonous dip are simply marvellous. Ticks and other parasites, which.after, .'shejaring find '.their way from the ewes .on :'to- tho rougher fleeces of 'the lambs; and' there luxuriate, keep their little hosts in .constant, .torment and regular .employment •rubbing and'scratching instead of putting on flesh 'as they ought, and would,' if. they Had 'billy peace to do so. ■■'"'' ■''.Before putting lambs on to rape' in particular, it is.an absolute, necessity that .they fshbuld be dipped if their owner' is to reap the full .value, of the food they, consume. ;Thprc are no points-in growing rape or other h-aluablo green', feed to fatten ticks,'; yet: ridiculous as it may seem, that is just, exactly .'what scores, of. farmer's throughout New Zealand ire doing to-day. They .turn their lambs on to'the feed, (on the cultivation-of which ■they have,spent, 1 money, and: labour) .'in, an undipped state, and'consequently with nioro or less picks' about them: -Tho"result is that these, ticks .keep up a constant irritation, which! of, course, moans',that the lanibs aro being, deprived of. a largo amount of the -benefits, of,the.food they, eat, and equally, as a. matter !of course, their, owner is a'heavy .loser'in hard cash in consequence. '. : ' •>Tho writer has 'had the. privilege of interviewing, prominent lamb., buyers •■throughout. ■New Zealand; and the.opinions unanimously 'oxprcsscd by these gentlemen are that 11 farmers-would only dip their lambs after tho owes' are shorn,' or before being put on to •rapo, they, would benefit quite Is. to Is, .fid. per head.. On a line of 1000 lanibs this would mean anything from .£SO to £75, perhaps more. ;.The cost of dipping'all' these lanibs with Quibell's Non : poison'ous Dip—which 'ii undoubtedly, the best preparation for lamb dipping—would be from £1 ss: .to £1 10s. In other words- tho man who dipped would benefit to tho. extent' of from £60.t0' £70 on 1000 lambs over, tho man who would not take the trouble to do so. :

Tho same authorities also .very .strongly condemn tho use of poisonous- dips'for lamb's of tender age which arc to be fed off quickly. Poisonous dips, they say, have a tondency r,o give'the. lambs a check, and thoy,yseeiri to make no progress at all for ten 'days' or v fortnight. 'Ihis means .to much pood rood wasted.: After a hath' in Quibell's Fluid Nonpoisonous .Dip they thrive every, hour and utiliso every, ouiice of food they eat till they are shipped to tho freezing works. Order Quibell's Non-poisonous Liquid Dip for your lanibs now. : . !You will never make a better .investment.!'

;■";;,■,';'./;. : .our diary. /' ... wool sales. '~< Wellington'!'- Dec. 6, Jan. 17,. Feb. 21. Christchurch—Nov. 21,' Deo. 12, Jan: 8, -Feb. 4. ... Auckland;— Nov. 27, Jan. 14, Feb. .18. Dunedin.—Dec, 19, Jan. 23," Feb. 14, ', March-5., . . ■ •' •■ • , ~ Tizriaru.—Nov: 27, Jan. [ 3, 30, Feb." 27. Napier— Dec 3, Jan.-14, Feb., 19V Gisborno.—Dec. 5, Feb. 20. • Invercargill — Dec. 17, Jan. 27, Feb. 11. . '•"■:" :■•'. ■',■;. SHOWS. Nov. .26, 27.—Nelson. Nov; 27, 28.—New Plymouth. .Nov. 28, 29.--Otago. ■Nov;-29, 30.V-Aucklarid. • -Dec. 6, 6—Gore. •Dec,; 10, 11.—Southland. Jan. 25, 26,—Wairoa. .'. Feb. 4, 6,—Eeilding. Feb. 18,19.—Masterton. . ; Feb. 26—WooUville. March 5, 6.—Wailcato Central (Cambridge). March „ \ 26 --Horowhenua (Horticul- : ~ tural), Dtaki. .■ •.•A'prjl.--Paiori. ■/:■■-'■ ■■: ■'■".' MEETINGS. ••• ; . '." ■' 'Agricultural Associations, etc . 'Nelson;, second Saturday of each month; Wanganui, second and fourth Wednesdays' Masterton,. 'second Saturday.; Wairarapa, third Friday; Manawatu, second Tuesday.