CARELESS DIPPING
+■ ATTENTION TO MIXING. From all parts of-New Zealand, it*is 'stated in tlie annual report of the Department of Agriculture, have come to hand reports that sheep are being dipped in a careless manner. Under such circumstances, sheepowners invariably blamed the dips as being ineffective* but. in the majority of cases, the trouble was the manner in which the dip was mixed or dissolved. There were many dips on the, market that, when properly mixed with soft ' water, in a clean bath, did excellent work in freeing 'sheep from lice and ticks. Mortality after dipping in Canterbury had been found to be due.Vto improper mixing of the dip, resulting in some poisonous material being left ' floating on the -top ef Hie fluid, so that | it was swallowed i>y tic sheep.
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Shannon News, 9 October 1928, Page 4
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131CARELESS DIPPING Shannon News, 9 October 1928, Page 4
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