FAT LAMBS FOR THE LOUDON MARKET

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 7319, 24 December 1910, Page 2

FAT LAMBS FOR THE LOUDON MARKET

To produce fat lambs of the finest quality for export is prdonbtedly the ambition of a largo majority of New Zealand sheep-owners to-day. -X hey; go to vast expense in procuring suitable sires and producing green feed to “top” off this valuable product of their flock. It therefore behoves them, to see that no screw is left loose, which, might tend to deprive them of any of. the fruits of their labours.' Strange to say, however, that screw too frequently is left loose, with a consequent leakage of the profits which shohld go into- their owners’ pockets. It is a groat pity to grow a. good crop of rape or turnips and turn m lambs thereon und ipped. 'There are always more or less ticks about undipped, lambs, and. these ticks keep annoying. tho little bloaters' to such an extent that 'it is quite impossible for 1 them to make the best of the food provided. Lambs should therefore always bo dipped in a non-poisonous dip of tho best quality before being fed off. A poisonous preparation should never bo {used for this purpose, because the latter is liable to give lambs of tender age a slight: check, which, of course, also means so much feed wasted. Lambs dipped according to directions in QuibelTs, Liquid Dip (non-poisonous) will thrive every hour after leaving the bath, and thus put tho maximum amount of profit into tho pockets of their owners. It costs only one-fifteenth part of a penny per head to dip your lambs with this high-class preparation, *