The GLYCERINE SHEEP DIP. (N.Z. Herald.)

Waikato Times, Volume XXII, Issue 1801, 22 January 1884, Page 4

The GLYCERINE SHEEP DIP. (N.Z. Herald.)

DURING the last few days Mr Charles P. "rHayward, the junior member of the firm ' T>f Messrs Tondinsou and Hay ward, ''^manufacturing chemists, Lincoln, England, has been in Auckland. His object ' ill visiting this part of the colony is to •endeavour to make the fanners and sheep owners acquainted with the merits ot the "Improved Glycerine Dip," which his firm manufactiues, for the purpose of destroying the vermin with which sheep are frequently affected. The number of parasites which prey upon sheep are very <«many, and not unfrequently the health of the animals is seriously affected by these tiny creatures. It can hardly be otherwise, as the continual irritation which the parasites cause must tend greatly to the discomfort of the animals so affected, and the rubbing which thpy use to get rid of their tor mentors, reduces the quantity of wool upon the sheep's back. The more com mon parasites are scab (a species of acarus), lice, tick or fag (melophagus ovinus), &c. E ich of tlie.se \ arieties of tormentors produce a great amount of annoyance to the poor animals so affected, and as the insects pass readily fiom one animal to another, the first appearance of any of these parasites lias to bo checked at once to prevent the whole fiock being polluted. The legislation of this colony prescribes a euro for the scab ; but in re ,gard to the other parasites which pioy , upon sheep, it is not so restrictive. Mr Haywaid lias visited the colony in former years, but has not previously been in Auckland. On his arrival here he found he could not get a scabby flock to try his dip upon, but he learned thiough the Sheep Inspcctirn Depaitment th.it there were some sheep on the farm of Mr Walter Paul, Mangere, that woie louscy and badly affected with ticks. These forty-five lambs Mr Paul pm chased at auction last week, and their condition gave borne indication of tiie state the (lock must be in from which they weic taken to auction. Mr Hay ward agreed to dip tliebo ticky anil lousey sheep, and yesteiday an omnibus conveyed a party of gentlcm 'ii intoiestcd in agricultural matteis fioni Auckland to Mr Paul's farm. A supply ot the glyce rine dip was on the in omul, and after arrival prepaiations were at once nude to test the efficacy of the picpaiation which Mr Haywaid has for sale. The l.uubo weie geneially examined, and found to bo swarming with vermin of the kinds named. Sonic locks of wool containing both tick? and lico. together with ei:^ of ticks, wcie clipped oft to be expenmen ted with when the bath wis jucpiied The bath for dipping the lambs was pic pared, of the stiengfcli of one put of glycerine to fot ty ot w att r. Whpn the glycerine tun were opened their contents weie nouied out into .1 tub, and dissolved with uai.n watei, after which the mivtuie was diluted to the degiee above stakd, one to toity. When a suificient quantity liad tuns bjen prepared and put into Mr Paul's sheep dip, tho lock of woil was cvpciimented with. The te.npeiatnie of the mixtuie was found to be 72 degifps Fain., and a f ter an imnimMon of 40 seconds the infected look wus taken out.. Some of tho ticks showed si»n;> of life, but after the lapse of about two nnnuti-b (the lock meanwhile lying exposed to the sun on the top of tlie dnpping shed), it was found that both bee and ticks weie all dead ; and on opening the tick eqgb which had been subjected to the artion of the bath, it was found that theii vitality was quite destioyed After this the dipping of the lambs was pioiveded with in the usual way that bhep dipping op^iations are earned on JCich sheep was kept in the dip about one minute, Mr T. Hill acting as time-keeper. On the sheep being subsequently examined, it was found that the ticks and lice wie all killed. The cost of the dip, apait from the labour attending its use, is estimated at 4s 2d per 100 sheep, or a halfpenny per sheep Some of the tarmcis picscnt e\picssed a doubt as to the dip dissolving ro\dily in cold water, and this was put to the test. Seveial diums of the glyceiinc dip were opened, and dissolved with cold water. The solution was easily (though not quite so readily as •when hot "Hater was used) effected, and after that the strength was reduced to one in fifty and sixty-eight sheep that had come in contact with tho lousey limbs wcic passed through the dip. Mr Kny\ctt, one of the sheep inspectois, was picscnt, and was an evidently interested spectator of the operation. The dip now used by the slu'op inspectors, sulphur ami lime, and sulphur and tobacco, effectually kills the insects which piry upon the sheep, but it certainly does not benefit the wool, and m the event of dipping being cirricd out immediately aftei shearing, the cuts that are not unfipquently inflicted upon the sheep, afford a ready means of poison being introduced into the system, and not unfrequently deaths ha\c lesultod fiom this form of poisoning The glycerine dip, as was seen yestcrd ly, leaves the wool white, soft, and silky, affording a strong contract to the wool of sheep dipped in tin 1 sulphur anil lime, mixture. The L'lyccnuo dip is also found effectual with the paias-itii s vJiii h picy upon other domestic animals. It lias also been found an effectual cure incases of niagfjot and footiot, and being non-poisonous, it can be hindled with a dc»iec of fiecdom which cannot bo used with pien;uation-> of which aisonic of mpicury form even a small propoition. The bath, when prepaied, has a soft, oily fed when the fingers arc dipped into it, and we think it is worthy of trial upon apple tieo^ for the cure of American blight, and peihaps other trees that suffer fiom the attacks of minute forms of insect life might be benefited by a syringing or a blushing over the allbcted paits "with a diluted solution of this substance. The prcpaition was first brought out in ISGG, and since then its populanty amongst British sheep owners has been extending, until now the firm have an output of about 70 tons per week. It has been intioduced into Australia, and been found sen iceable amongst sheep owncis thcie, and last year some of the Kawke's Bay sheep farmers used a large quantity ot the - glycerine dip, and weio highly satisfied with the result. The experiments of yesterday must be regarded as decidedly satisfactory, and it was to be regretted that a scabby flock was not available.

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