LITTLE’S SHEEP DIPS.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1095, 24 February 1893, Page 36

LITTLE’S SHEEP DIPS.

It is now a good many years since Little’s Fluid (uon-poisonoue) Sheep Dip was first j introduced into New Zealand, It was the only dip used to any extent at the ttmo ; when the scab was raging, and it was largely due to its effioacy that this pest was so soon got under, tince that timo many other dips have been put upon the market, but in spite of them all Little’s Fluid has a muoh larger sale in the Colony to.day than when it had a virtual monopoly. It is stated that the sales have increased tenfold in the last five years, and that a sufficient quantity is now annually sold to dip more than five million sheep in New Zealand alone, and many millions throughout the world. Little’s Fluid, as is well known, Is of the uon-poisonous class of sheep dips. It ( seems now to be reooguised that valuable ns j Don-poisouous dipß are for their safety and [ for their oily and nutritious qualities, and effioacious as they are in a general way, they do not, alone, quite meet all requirements. - Three or four years ago, therefore, Little’s firm introduced a poisonous powder dip, wbioh oau either be used separately or in combination with their Add. The great secret of this new dip 1b that glycerine is combined with the powder in a dry state by a patent process, and this prevents the minerals from setting together into hard , masses, and renders tho substances readily i mixable with water, and avoids the harsh effeot on the wool common to other poisonous dips. In these respects the proprietors claim that Little’s is superior to any other powder dip, aud that it is as good as the best in all other respects. This would seem also to be the opinion of sheepowners, for we learn that the sales of Little’s powder dip in the present season are already over 20 times in excess of last season’s sales, aud j the demand still continues. . f