SHEEP BRANDING
NON INJURIOUS FLUIDS. An issue of the Australian Journal of the Council tor Scientific and Industrial Research stated that while branding fluids made up to the formula recoin mended by the British Wool Industries Research Association are apparentlv satisfactory from the wool scourer’s point, of view, they have been criticised in Australia on the ground of illegibil The later point is now under test at the Veterinary Research Institute. Parkville, near Melbourne, where a number of shorn crossbred wethers were branded in June 1931 with a preparation made according to the British recipe. The journal states that “since branding, the sheep have been continuously exposed to the weather. Ten months have elapsed, and the brands are now plainly visible and equally as good as control brands on the same sheep made with a well-known and commonly used black proprietary marking fluid. ” The British formula is as follows: Wool fat, 30 parts by xveight; resin, 22 parts- carnauba wax, 3 parts; Kiesel-
guhr, 18 parts; ignited iron oxide, 6 parts (all by weight); with spirit to desired consistency.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 244, 15 October 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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179SHEEP BRANDING Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 75, Issue 244, 15 October 1932, Page 8 (Supplement)
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