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The Zealandia Sheep Dip.

A good and effective sheep dip is a boon to flock owners, and Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. appear to be able to supply such an article in the " ZeaLndia Sheep Dip " manufactured by them. We have seen testimonials from station mana. gers in which this dip is very highly praised, both for the certainty with which destroys parasites and for the good condition in which it leaves the wool. The Daily Time* of April 2nd, referring to a public trial of this pheep dip which recently took place at Tahuna Park, says :— There is no reason why so good a dip should not be made in the colony as out of it, and if the successful trials held count for anything, this preparation will be found to equal anything ot the kind hitherto in use The proprietors claim that it uot only era dicates live ticks, destroying them and other insects in all stages of metamorphoses as well aa in the egg state, but as a specific for scab, and also promotes the growth of the wool, which it enriches and renders more luxuriant. The sheep tttstt were operated upon were selected in consequence of being in rather a dirty condition and the ticks on them were in the best of health and spirits till they were put through the bath, and then "the subsequent proceed ings interested them no more." Messrs Kempthorne, Prosser, and Co. call their dip a non-poisonous one, but if it is so at has a mofct pernicious effect on insect life. Each sheep was in the bath for lees than half a minute, yet when they were examined a minute or two after, no live insect was to be found on them. The company appear to have got hold of a real good thing ; and as the virtue of their dip becomes more widely known, it will, doubtless, supersede many of the preparations wfoich are at present in use, and should also command a sale in the adjacent colonies, An indijistry of this description should have every couragement, becuuse it requires no "protection" from the State, but "protects'" itself by reason of its own inherent virtue, upd tjie force of its own merit.

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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 8

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The Zealandia Sheep Dip. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 8

The Zealandia Sheep Dip. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 201, 30 April 1887, Page 8

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