LAMB-DIPPING.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14702, 9 December 1909, Page 9

LAMB-DIPPING.

A SPLENDID INVESTMENT. No operation on a sheep farm gives a better return for labour and money expended (ilian that of dipping lambs as soon as possible after tho ewes mo shorn. The benefits which the youngsters derive from a bath in a- high-class non-poisonous dip a-ro simply marvellous. Ticks and other parasites, which -after shearing find their way from tho ewes on to the roug-her fleeces of tlo lambs, and there luxuriate, keep their little hosts in constant torment and regular employment rubbing and scratching instead of putting on flesh as they ought, and would, if they had only pe&oe to do so.

Before putting lambs on to rapo in particular it is an absolute necessity that they should bo dipped if thoir owner ie to reap the full value of the food they consume. There aro no points in growing nvpo 01' other valuable green feed to fatten ticks; yot, ridiculous a 6 it may seem, that is just exactly what scores of farmers throughout New Zealand and Australia are doing to day. They turn their lambs on to the feed (on tho cultivation of which they have spent anoney, time, and labour) in an undipped state, and consequently with more or las ticks about them. The result, is that tlicso ticks keep up a constant irritation, which, of course, means that the lambs aro being deprived of a large amount of the benefits of the food they eat, and equally, as a matter of cou>rse, their owner is a heavy loser in hard cash in consequence. The writer has had tho privilege of interviewing prominent lamb-buyers throughout New Zealand, and the opinions unanimously expressed by these gentlemen are that if fanners would only dip tiheir lambs after the owes aro shorn, or before being" put on to rape, tihoy would benefit quite Is to Is 6d per head. On a line of 1000 lambs this would mean anything from £50 to £75, perhaps more. The cost of dipping all these lambs with Quibell's Non-poisonous Dip—which is undoubtedly tho beet preparation for lamb-dipping—would be from £1 5s to £1 10s. In other words, the man who dipped would benefit to the extent of from to £70 on 1000 lambs over the man who would not take the trouble to do so. The same authorities also very stronglr condemn the use of poisonous dips for lamb's of tender age n-hieh are to be fed off quickly. Poisonous dips, they say, have a tendency to give the Limbs a oheck, and they seem to make no progress at all for ten days or a fortnight. This means -o mucli good food wasted. After a bath in Quibell's Non-poisonous Fluid Dip they thrho every hour and utilise every ounce of food they eat till they aro shipped to the freezing works. Ordor Quiboll's Nonpoisonous uiquid Dip for your lambs now. You will never make a better investment.