LAMB-DIPPING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2667, 24 November 1909, Page 2

LAMB-DIPPING.

A SPLENDID INVESTMENT

No operation on a sheep farm gives a better return for labor and money expended than that of dipping lambs as soon as possible after the ewes are shorn. The benefits which the youngsters derive from a-bath-in a high-class non-poisonous dip are simp v marvellous. Ticks and other parasites, which after shearing find their way from the- ewes on to the rougher fleeces of the 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 poace to do so. Before putting, lambs on, to rape m particular it is an absolute necessity that-, they should be dipped if their owner is to reap the- full value of the food they,, consume. There are no points in growing rape or other valuable- green food to fatten ticks, yet. ridiculous as it may seem, that is just exact!v what scores of farmers throughout New Zeahvul and Australia are doing to-day. They turn their lambs on to the feed (on the cultivation of which tliev have spent money, time, and labor) in an undipped state, and conseouontly with more or less ticks about them. The result is that these tides keep up a constant irritation, which, of course, means that t,Jio lambs are being deprived of a large amount-, of the benefits of tlio food they cat. and equally, as a matter of course, their owner is a heavy, loser in hard cash in consequence. The writer has had the privilege of interviewing prominent lamb-buyers throughout New Zealand, and the opinions unanimously expressed l by these gentlemen are that if farmers would only dip their lambs after the- ewes are shorn, or before being put on to rape, they would benefit quite Is to Is 6d per head. • On a line of 1000 lambs tins, would mean anything from £6O to £75. • perhn-'s more." The cost of dipping all 1 these lambs with Quiboll’s Non-poison-ous Dip—which is undoubtedly the best preparation for lamb-dipping-—would bo from £1 5s to £1 10s. In other, words, the man who dipped would benefit to the extent of from £6O to £7T) on lOv. lambs over the man who would not take the trouble to do so. r !Tie same authorities also very strongIv condemn the use of poisonous dips for lambs of tender acre which are to he fed off quickly. Poisonous dips, tliev say. have a ten den tp’ to give the lambs a check, and they seem to make no progress, at all for ten days or a fortnight. This means so much good food wasted. After a hath in Quibell’s Non-poisonous Fluid Dip they every hour and utilise every ounce of food tliev eat till they are shinped to the freezing works. Order Quibell’s Non-poisonous Liquid Dip for your lambs now. You v will never make a better investment.