A POWDER DIP WHICH DOES NOT LEAVE THE FLEECE HARSH.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 728, 29 January 1910, Page 8

A POWDER DIP WHICH DOES NOT LEAVE THE FLEECE HARSH.

IMPORTANT;-iEXPERIMENt:';BY/ A ■■'. '.;'•' PEOMINENT.'.NEW; ZEALAND ..STA- ';';/; TiON'/MANAGEIi;;;, /'■ i:'//; ,0/ '; ■/" / • ■That/practically.-;all arsenical Powder ■ Dips leave' the;'wool; harsh is a fact too to. sheep-owners to -require any -labouring of.'-.the/point. , ~ ■ -Harshness of /the: wool, means' that the delicatb" wool, cells: have/been injured: by theMipping"material; used,/ and'. .though the effect of/such' injury may' : riot:/ bo visible'to the.-naked.eye/at the lime of shcarii'gi:the fact"that.tho.growing fibre ■has/been -injured/:at;'one period ;of its develppmenit/means, .that:-tno fleece hasbeen sensibly-lightened, : and consequently the grower unconsciously .suffers "substantial less in : - when calculated ever his entire'clip; : The abbvo contention is fully,.borrie' out .by' that, famous wool .expert, Mr!; S.-B 1 . Hollings,. of,Bra'dford, : - ivho'in'his.'up-to-date .weekly, "The Wool ltecord"—a'paper .-which-every grower, of. wool.'shpuld, read--makos the: fpllowing /statement,:—"Where weol handles -hard, 'harsh','- and dry, it is always, devoid pf elasticity, arid' spinning;property, and.the impression it; makes : upon the buyer is not afavpurabVonc.", N '. . /Progressive/sheep-owners recognise that perfection /has - riot. yet "been -reached in anything, and /only;, by: experimenting' •along /safb: lines .cari: irriprovements ..be, effected. - The 'following.-'experiment'.-,by Mr.' Donald Wright, manager. of Messrs; :W; J. Birch/and Son's;.well-known EreJwhon Statipri, riear ■ Moawhango; Now Zealand, is of exceptional; /interest:—"We used Quibell's powder, dip on 25,000 : sheep .'on '■ the Erewhon; Estate last season' (1908). The'.wool at. ; shearing -time was,in splendid condition;-;- bright arid showy, and 1 am so well, pleased with, the results that I, am using it-again this year; The sheep:are very. free, from ticks, although it was, from, a fair, trial point. of view, about the worst season to try.a new dip.. But after giving Quibell's a fair and ink partial ..trial,- I /feel certain it, is equal to/any.-dip I - have, used;/, In ;the. Sjrst place,; it/is /so easy/to; handlo, and, a splendid dip, for-lambs,, inasmuch-as it, . does not ,'sap' all the 'nature' from tho .yolk cells,' and.leaves tho wool to retain' its natural, condition;/that is to say,, it has uot;thp parching'effect on' the ileeco that seme .powder' dips have.'.' . /.It/may here .be mentioned that,. Mr. Wrighfs: experiment was carried out against one. of # .the most largely advertised .powder dips now' befero the sheep- ' owning public; arid it/is a- singular, and significant fact that,wherever, such, "fair /and impartial" trials ' aro .made, tile /unanimous verdict of the, world's most famous,. pastbralists. is;' that. ■ "Quibell's always gives the. greatest ..satisfaction." ,'