FAT LAMBS.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9653, 18 November 1909, Page 6

FAT LAMBS.

REQUIREMENTS Ob THE LONDON MARKET. It is absolutely necessary for the producer to study the wants of the consuming public. Britain is New Zealand's best market for her surplus products, consequently the demands of the London market should be carefully attended to. The requests should be carefully attended to. The requests lor small lambs of prime quality come from that quarter in ever increasing numbers as tlie years roll on a.ul the quality of New Zealand meat becomes known. The complaint is frequently heard among farmers that they cannot get their lambs fat at the size wanted. The Lundon demand is for a prime tat lamb of from 331b to 361b weight, but very often the New Zealand lamb attains to almost the dimensions of a medium sized sheep before it is "topp ed" off ready for the butcher. When they reach such weights as 451b t 501b they have as their direct competitors the coarser quality lamb from the Argentine and Australia. New Zealand should specialise and cater for the prime quality. Get your lambs fat at from three and a half to four months old, and you will rrake a place for yourselves where competitors won't trouble you. To accomplish this the first essential after providing plenty of feed is that your lambs are kept free from ticks and lice. With these irritating parasites about them they may grow long and lanky, but will not put on fat. Keep them free from the pests and they'll thrive every hour, provided, of course, they are properly bred and the feed is right. A bath in Quibell's Liquid Non-poisonous Dip before putting them on to the rape will enable you to send your lambs to the freezing works in prime condition weeks before your neighbour, who allows this to remain undipped, and consequently the feeding ground for ticks. Quibell's Liquid Dip (non-poison-ous) is the finest of its kind produced; its effect on the appearance of lambs is marvellous, and for dipp

ing either lambs or sheep intended for short "keep" it has no equal. No danger to man or animal.) attends its use. Many of the most valuable stud sheep in the world today are regularly dipped in this famous preparation. For autumn dipping Quibell's "Improved" Powder Dip should be used on flock sheep; its cleansing and protective qualities are unequalled.*