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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14282, 3 August 1908, Page 4

THE WORLD'S FLOORS. Tho latest. s'r.cco statislios of tbo world reveal a striking diminution in their tui inhere, compared with 13 vcare ago. Tiiov were then estimated at 523 millions, while to-day they aro 479 millions, a falling off of M millions, Tliis shrinkage in sheep, copulsd with l.ho incrcaso in popnlation, .it laast justifies feelings of solid eecurity an<l hopefulness lo all engaged in sheep husbandry. There is another iiileresiini; fact in this connection—namely, whilst- this diminution in sheep has been going on, the yearly ealos of Cooper's Dip have continuously increased; Thirteen years ago its output wonld 1 dip 140 million sheep. To-day it (suffices to dip over 250 millions! Remarkable as this sistomcnt may seem, it is nevertheless absolutely true, It is basal on tho official cortilieato of a. chartered acountant, -who has reeenlly examined tho books of tho Berkhamsted Factory, ft means that, the yearly sales of " Cooper" aro sufficient to dip moro than half of all tho sheep now grasins on the pastures of the world. There can ho only one explanation of this increasing and universal preference—namely, that Coopnrs yields the most profitable results of all sheep dips; —MOS