LICE AND TICKS IN SHEEP.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 125, 19 February 1908, Page 3

LICE AND TICKS IN SHEEP.

EVILS OF THE I'AST. UNANIMOUS VERDICT BY A JURY OF WORLD-RENOWNED SHEEP EXPERTS... - What. may be described as a great, (trial by a jury of experts has been in progress throughout ' New Zealand for the past few years, the subject on trial being Qmbell's Patent Powder Dip, and the jurors many of the Dominion's most famous pastoralists, assisted by the world's most noted breeders of merino and Lincoln sheep respectively—i.e., Messrs. John S. Hor.sfall, of Widgiewa,- N.S.W., and Honry Dudding, of Kiby Grove, England, a novel feature of this trial being that each juror conducted, his'investigations entirely independent of ' his 'follows, and repotted his findings accordingly, nnd.it is;, a significant fact, that the opinions' submitted by the eminent experts, composing the jury, referred to amount to a unanimous verdict, as follows—, ■viz.)'. , ' 1. That ticks and- lice in sheep .are evils : unknown where Quibell's Patent Powder 'Dip is ' used. 2., That a porfeet fleece of wool according to breed and quality of,-stock'is the result-.'of using this preparation. . a That in point of being easily, prepared '■ for the bath and kept in suspension it is all that can be desired, while its lasting powers are equalled by' few and sur- - ! passed by none. As an indication of the standing' and reputation of the pastoralists composing the jury before referred to,"' and who have contributed their views, the following well-known breeders may .' be mentioned—viz.: Messrs. , Archd. M'Lean, of Grwnliill, Hastings, Hawke's Bay; Ernest Short, of Fnrorangi, .JPoilding; George' Wheeler, of Burford, Halcombe*; W. H. Weybourne, Patea; Slack Bros., -."VVnitoitoi; ]), Bisholl,' Caytliorpe, Blenheim; H. D. Vavasour, Blenheim; C. W. Reid, ol' Balruddery, Oamaru; John Macdonald, of Wnitaki Plains, Oamaru; A. L'. Morrison, manager for John S. Horsfall, Widgiewa, N.S.W., etc.,' otc. All Itlie abqve-named aro . .well - known throughbut New! Zealand .-is'experts 'of the highest standing, not a few of them indeed having a world-wide reputation as >shcop-° breeders and wool-growers, and it is safe to conclude that they would not return a .verdict in favour of Quibell's or any other dip if it did not thoroughly deserve: it, ■ MB2