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Journal of Agriculture, Victoria. [10 Nov., 1916. 



I concur in the view expressed by Messrs. Cooper and Nephews as 

 to its being the most humane method of dipping; and, provided the 

 sheep took the swim kindly, without undue forcing in starting them, 

 much labour and vexation to all concerned would frequently be avoided. 



In dipping sheep which have already been through the operation, 

 especially old ewes, there is always a difficulty in getting them into and 

 then along the race leading to the bath ; this obtains more or less in any 

 dip; but in slide dips, which are most common, they arrive at the point 



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where they can resist no longer before they are beyond reach of a 

 " penner " leaning over the low fence of the race. 



It would be interesting to get definite information as to whether 

 sheep dipped only in " walk in " dips from the time they were lambs 

 dread the operation less than they appear to do after being put through 

 the ordinary dip. It seems quite possible that sheep going through 

 without much forcing, and minus the shock of the sudden involuntary 

 plunge, might face the ordeal in subsequent years with less fear. 



