TRIAL OF SHEEP DIP AT KNAPDALE.

Mataura Ensign, Volume 7, Issue 365, 13 June 1884, Page 2

TRIAL OF SHEEP DIP AT KNAPDALE.

■ 'Ariother of MrH»y TO M 4 trials of his firms clebrated- Sheep Dip took place W .|4w^.a*,Mr M'Nab's station, at Jinapdale, near Gore, where Mr M'Queen is the manager. Nothing moro intorest--2 jP^^Wy^^l/pl^ce) upon a sheep statin, fqr.it is now proved beyond adodmK^ sheep dipping well •^TO%.s%Jt expense of Immersin" a year, and the. wool on account of its ted upoja were some . .specially selected ft* the tnaVKterally covered Vthttff l^jjfe-?- Wi§9 soon as-,1200, .gallons of liquid tad been^rep^re'd^-by^nf^means a lengthy operation, for the glycerine dip is most readily mixed-the doping W« 1 rnnT^V^ tlan an * o^ some 600 sheep had undergone their bath and :.»?» much less tame all ticks and pa*a- • site Me; were quite eitmcfe. lancbtJS. asonxshment of tho spectator? for . colonial manufactured poisonous dip L& oraer tnan tne poisonous Ainc „,%. dip that they ordered 'a la^e A 'q'sa4ity of feA* d -- a 5 dip- their sheep in it at Mr M^ueetf S 'dip:at':Knapaale/i which isa wen constructed bath and capable of dipKPg .some ( 6QpO. sheep. per day, ea &

iheep. .r^oeiy!rig" a.. gop t d .soating. .Mr M'Queen made the visitors presenj; at the trial very welcome, and a most enjoyable day was passed. Several dogs "Were passed through the dip and were made comfortable for come time to come; their coats were also improved by the process. Mr Hay Ward present on *Behatf-'ofKis ll firni and gave a lot. of important information relating to dipping, ; / 1 wljiqh: w»s valued by the; .hfcarers. He ™le&vsf£ to-day for further '" trials in/ the South, where the dip is being extensively [<n?se£:y >.- -/o;-. / :* ■' • v.'j •/ ]