HANDLE YOUR SHEEP WELL.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 69, 14 December 1907, Page 3

HANDLE YOUR SHEEP WELL.

IT WILL.PAY YOU

:Tho test of any .workman, is the quality of the work he can do. He. is 1 judged by what he does, not by,what he says. He is'tested when be.sends his wool to market, for there it is bought from him purely and simply on its merits. The better the article, the more respect it commands from the trade. If it is poor,' it is soon stigmatised as n'oor. b'adlv grown' ( and inferior.' The great aim of everv sheep-farmer worthy of being called the name should he to so.handle his sheep that they will, produce''a fleece acceptable to tho manufacturers, and in doing this he will reap the reward., of., high prices, and . satisfaction to himself. There are many directions in which n.grower can impair his wool. One of-theni (and-this is-said on. the aiithoritv of Mr.'. 5..8,, Hollings, the .world-renowned wool expert of Bradford) is dipping with deleterious mixtures. The result of tliis bad dipping is that the wool shows a certain yellow colour when, scoured, and displays also a lack of spinning qualities, as well as iuabilitv.on the part : of tho. woven fabric to-dye'.uniform shades, 'Of course these conditions do not obtain; when a satisfactory dip, such as Quiboll'sis intclligently.uscd. These world-famous dips';dre scientifically made under the supervision of trained chornists and can bo depended on to fulfil tho purpose for which they are made—viz., to kill nil forms of life' infesting sheep, to prevent future infestation,and to : improve the. wool. Some of'the most, renownedsheep-breeders in the world liso Uuiboll's' Dips, and it is a fact that their clips not. only, command the. highest'prices, but that the.growers themselves testify .to tho great- benefit, the .dips have been to the wool. Instance upon instance' could' be'' quoted. 'At Sydney, in No-' vember .1905,'. 3(10 bales of the celebrated BelltreoYclip brought not less than £17 10s. a bale for the whole clip. Coming nearer horns, we read that the wool from IX Colomah's Titaramoa -Estate'realised the.bicii price of 135 d. per. lb. for halfbred, and 12d. • fof'Crossbred at the Wellington wool sales on December 7. At hcth places QuibollY Dips were-used; ■ If results are any criterion—and of'-cburse they arc; —it undoubtedly pays growers to use these splendid dips on their bocks. ,_fiata-:. ..