LAMBS ON RAPE.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1629, 21 December 1912, Page 10

LAMBS ON RAPE.

171ATTENING Lambs 011 rape is now £- quite an important part of the year's work, with most sheep-farmers, and tho test methods to adopt are the constant care 'of these. who wish to secure tho maximum results. The question of whether to shear tho lambs, or leave them in the wool is. a much-discussed one—tho general opinion ljeinf? that on an averago it pa,vs.-best-to. leave .tho lambs unshorn. Whore this latter course is adopted it is absolutely essential if tho lambs aro t» get" the 'Rrentest possible benefit from-the rapo that they be frco from all irritating influence such, as the presence of ticks or lice. Wo havo no hesitation, t'aornforc, in recommending farmers to diD their lambs before putting' them on the rape.. .A good mixture for this purnoso U WHITE'S WKLL-KNO\VN DIP; . .. This preparation not only kills all irritating vermin, but tho'• small from it ab'o vendors . tho .lambs safe from tho attaofcs of tho dreaded fly. The fact that o largo number of tho moist practical men lino it. is a suro proof that it,fully answers their: requirements. Further particulars of this successful preparation will be'cheerfully supplied on nnTjMralioij In the manufacturer, WILLIAM WHITE, Otane, H. 8., Or his Asents,

mon among lamb 9 and young Bhoop. Fruit oroliards and vegotablo gardens'suffered considerably from tho heavy rains and wind. , , , South Wftirarapa,—Grass is plentiful throughout tho district, and good crops of lia.v are anticipated. ' .