FAT LAMBS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 669, 20 November 1909, Page 8

FAT LAMBS.

- -BEQUIKEjiENTS' OF'THE'xONDdN ; ? 'vf K' ' : vK'- :: ; maekbt;:-//■; j.v.;V;. ; ;;,.: ■ .-It is absolutely necessary foiv the producer ■to'study...the'.wants of the consuming, public. ■Britain is New Zealand's best, , :markct!.lor : ,'her surplus'.products; consequently the .demands "of'tho London: market should-bo carefully at-; tended to. The requests pi: prime ' quality,' come' ;from ' that ,-■ quarter in ever-increasing 'numbers' as the' years, roll' on 'andthe quality 'pi- New. Zealand meat, becomes '.■■■■:■ '':■: '-:■[ '■ ■- ■■<■>•./,•:/..;.'- : .':.'■■', ' ■'■• •'. The complaint ■is frequently heard ''. among farmers. that. they'. cannot get. their"'lambs tat at'the size wanted. The London demand' is for: a.:'prime'/fat lamb, of from 331b. t0:361b.• weight, but very often, the ; New Zealand lamb attains to almost the dimensions'of a mediuinsized "sheep beforo it is I'topped", olf ready for "the : . butcher. When 'they" .'.reach such /weights .as, 451b.: to sDlb.. they .have as ■'their direct; competitors ihc. coarser / quality ■ lamb from -the Argentine and. Australia. Now' Zcaland'should specialise, and cater 'for the. prime quality.- /Get your .lambs °fat at.' from- thfee : and- a half /to four iiuonths ■ ojdii and you will :make, a; ;place jfor 'yourselves'where competi--tors won't trouble you. To accomplish: this the first, essential: after providing plenty, of feed is that yonr lambs are; kept lree. from iticks and lice.- With these"irritating parasites about them they may grow long and lanky; "but will not pution fat. ,Keep\them free-from :pests .and they'll thrive. every "hour, provided, of; course, they are properly' bred aiuDthe feed-is right/ A-bath in Ouiboll's Liquid Nonpoisonous Dip before putting them on to tho rape will ■enn'ble you to send-your lambs "to th'e , freezing works.in prime 'condition- weeks beforo'your; neighbour, who allows his'to remain' undipped, and consequently tho. feeding ground, for ticks. /. / / ■\ - - '' -/■,'■ .■ v ; : Quibell's Liquid VSiji (non-poisonous)" is ,the fiupst of its kind produced; its effect mv'the appearance of., lambs .is marvellousV ■ and for dipping ; either lambs or sheep intended foi short /"keep" it, has. no :equal.. No danger to''man or animal attonds its use./-Many .of the most -'valuable' 'stud sheep in > the ;WOrld .to-day are in■:this famous preparation.. ; '. .- .- -.'. . : ' For: autnmn dipping Qaibell's ''Tmprov'ed" PovMer; Dii» should bo used on' flock.sheep; its'cleansing arid protective qualities aro ;unoqUalled. .' ' . ,' •■'. ■ ..■,..."-.■;".'. -3551