SHEEP-DIPPING

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 140, 8 March 1919, Page 10

SHEEP-DIPPING

SOME POINTS. In the "Journal of Agriculture" Mr. ■/.. L. Bruce. Assistant Director of the Live Stock Division, gives the following points on the dipping of sheep:— ■ Sheep-dipping, properly carried out, retfeyi its cost many rimes over. Dipping not only improves tho condition of tho wool, but it stimulates a healthy action of the skin, and consequently increases the rise of yoik and the weight of the fleece. Whatever dip is used, carefully follow tlie directions accompanying it. Those directions are arrived at after years of careful study by the manufacturers, and are not given to be improved upon at the discretion of the users. 'Dip at least twice a year. Ewes and lambs may be dipped with a non-poison-ous dip after tho ewes are shorn. Another (lipping with a poisonous dip about two months after shearing may be sufficient for the ewes; but the lambs (hoggets) should be dipped twice . in the autumn, first with a non-poisonous dip, and then with.a poisonous dip, and not less than fourteen days nor more than a- month should' intervene between the dippings.. The whole flock should be dipped twice similarly, with the exception of the ewes dipped off the shears, for which one autumn'dipping with a poisonous dip may be found sufficient. Care should be taken to immerse thoroughly. Keep the crutch going. The tinn in the bath should lie one minute. Do not dip ewes immediately before putting to the ram, Several weeks should intervene. . . . Dip when the sheep are in a normal condition, the wool dry, and tho weather mild. Dip rams early. On no account should they be dipped after they are in condition for tho season.

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