THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2771, 29 March 1910, Page 2

THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.

(Bv Alfred Mansell, Shrewsbury, ENGLAND. The following extract is taken from a paper road by Mr. Alfred Mansell—one of the most able of English flockmasters—before the International Sheep-breeders’ Association at New-eastle-on-Tyne on 29th June, 1908, and is well worthy the most careful attention of every owner of sheep—i.e., “Dinning.—As soon as practicable—sav, when the ewes arc shorn and before they are weaned—all the lambs should be dipped, and to thoroughly eradicate ticks, the ewes should lie dipped also, hut in their case the process should bo repeated in the autumn. The object of dipping is to destroy the parasites in the fleece, to kill off any "young insects which may afterwards hatch out, and to protect the sheep from subsequent attacks. “Experience has taught'us that sheep thrive much better when their skins are clean, ;and it has boon clearly proved that dip increases the quantity and improves the quality of the wool. It is absolutely impossible for lambs infested with ticks or other parasites to thrive properly owing to the constant irritation set up. In trying to get relief, lambs often nibble at the fleece and swallow small portions of wool, with fatal results.” The benefits of such dipping, as Mr Mansell advocates, cannot be over-esti-mated. It is the unanimous opinion of the most up-to-date pastoralists in the world, who have tested them carefully and thoroughly against all other brands, that Quibell’s Dips are unequalled for adding lustre and elasticity to the fleece and discharging in an efficient manner all the duties of a first-class sheep dip. The most convincing evidence 01 tins is to bo found in the fact that of the prize money awarded at the great Sydney Sheep Show of 1907, 47 per cent., or nearly, one-half of the total awarded, fell’ to the owners of Quibell-dipped sheen while 36 per cent-, only remained to bo divided up between the users of every other dip on the Australian market.

Take the evidence of the men at your dioors, men, whom you know to be keen thinkers and. up-to-date in their methods. Why he influenced by “tall” statements of the. dips used 1 by successful sheep-breeders thousands of miles away? Australasian,sheep men are the most up-to-date pastoralists in the world to-day; the most successful of these use Quibell’s Dips, which is the best possible recommendation in favor of these famous, preparations. For dipping lambs and sheep off. shears use Quibell’s Liquid Dip; for autumn dipping in “ticky” country, or whore the “maggot” fly abounds, use Quibell’s Powder Dip. Best possible results guaranteed.