THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9182, 3 September 1908, Page 7

THE GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF SHEEP.

BY ALFRED MANSELL, SHREWSBURY, ENGLAND. The following extract is taken from a paper read by Mr Alfred Manfiv 11 —one of the most able of English flockmasters—before the Jnternational Sheepbreeders' Association at Newcastle-on-Tyne on 29th .lune, 1908, and is well worthy the most carr-ful attention of every owner of sheep —i.e.: — „ . "Kipping.—As soon as practicable __gay, when the (wes are shorn and 1 efore thev are weaned—all the lambs should be dipped, and to thoroughly eradicate ticks the ewes fhnuld be dipped also, but in their case the process should be repeated in the autumn. The object of dipping is to destroy the parasites in the fleece, to kill off any young insects which may afterwards hatch out, and to protect the sheep from subsequent attacks. "Experience has taught us that sheep thrive much better when their skins are clean, arid it has been clearly proved that dip increases the quantity and improves the quality of the wool. It is absolutely impossible for lambs infested with ticks or other parasites to thrive properly, owing to the constant irritation set up. In trying to get relief, lambs often nibble at the fleece and swallow small portions,ot wool, with fatal results." The benefits of such dipping, as Mr Manscll advocates, cannot be overestimated. ( ' It is the unanimous opihion of the j :mo3t upto-date pastoralists in the ' world, who have tested them carefully and thoroughly against all other brands, that Quibell's Dips are unequalled for adding lustre and elasticity to the fleece and discharging in vfltefcnt manner all ths duties of ( & iuut cLaii Stiv-tp Dip. The most convincing evidence of this is to be found in the fact that of the prize money awarded at the great Sydney Sheep Show of 1907, 47 per cent, or , nearly one-half of the total awarded, fell to the owners of Quibell-dipped Sheep, while 36 per cent, only regained to be divided up between the users of every ether dip on the Austr:.r;.?,: kct. Take [he cvitL.nce of the men at your doors, men whom you know to be keen thinkers and up-to-date in their methods. Why be influenced by "tall"' statements of the dip used by successful sheep-brteders thousands of miles away. Australasian sheep-men are the most up-to-date pastoralists in the world to-day; the most successful of these use Quibell's Dips, which is the best possible recommendation in favour of these famous preparations. For dipping lambs and sheep off shears use Quibell's Liquid Dip; for autu nn dipping in "ticky" country, or where the "maggot" fly abounds, use Quibell's Powder Dip. Best possible results guaranteed.*