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Wellington Independent, Volume XVII, Issue 1900, 28 July 1863, Page 4

Allkn's Specific for Scab. — Mr W. H. Allen, whose name has been before the public of Victoija during the last few months in con. nexiou with a new specific for the cure of scab, has recently arrived in Sydney, with a view of testing tbe virtue of bis remedy upon some of tbe diseased sbeep of this colony ; and, in pursuance of this object, he invited a number of gentlemen engaged in, or interested in, pastoral i pursuits, to inspect his specific on Saturday last, and to witness the dipping of several diseased sheep therein. The sheep to be dipped were in an enclosure on a small farm belonging to Mr Dunn, of Parramatta, situate about three miles from that town on the PeDrith-road. Among those present we noticed Mr Pottie, V. S., scab inspector; Mr S. B. Walker, scab inspector; Mr G. Stabler, of the firm of G. Stabler & Co. ; Mr R. Peel Raymond, and Mr R, W. Tullock, &c. The diseased sheep were seven in number, and were taken from a flock of several hundreds from Liverpool Plains, condemned by tbe Government inspector, and ordered to be destroyed on Saturday next. Before dipping the sheep, Messrs Pottie and Walker examined them, and found abundant evidence of the existence of the disease. The acarus was found in large numbers, and both inspectors preserved some for the inspection of the curious. The acarus when removed from the skin was scarcely visible to the naked eye ; but by tbe aid of a powerful microscope the proportions appeared very distinctly, Mr Pottie described the sheep ip be in a worse stage of disease than he bad previously seen. He found on oue sheep a very bad spot, and with the point of his penknife he took out two acariand two eggs at one time. The composition being heated to the proper temperature, the sheep were dipped, and it was noticed that their was no discoloration of wool resulting from the immersion- It is intended to have these sbeep examined by the Government inspectors inabuut a fortnight hence, and in the event of their being found healthy, tbe experiment will be considered successful. One gallon of the solution is sufficient to impregnate sixty gallons of dip, and to every I hundred gallons of dip there are five pounds of tobacco.—^.iH. Searldf May 11,