SANITARY LAW 387 



Mixing of Dips. The bath in which sheep are dipped must contain at 

 least one efficient dip in the proportions at which the dip is approved. Where 

 two or more dips are used the total volume must not be more than is required 

 for the dilution of one of the dips in the proportions approved. 



PRESCRIPTIONS FOR SHEEP-DIPS APPROVED BY THE MINISTER FOR SHEEP- SCAB. 



Quantities for 100 gallons of bath. 



1. Lime and Sulphur. 



Mix 18 Ibs. of flowers of sulphur with 9 Ibs. of good quick-lime. Slake the 

 lime and make into a paste with the sulphur. Place the mixture in a strong 

 cloth, tie the ends and suspend in a boiler containing 10 gallons of water so 

 that the water completely covers the contents of the cloth. The cloth must not 

 touch the sides or bottom of the boiler, as otherwise the cloth may be burned 

 and its contents escape. Boil for two hours, then remove the doth, taking care 

 that none of its contents escape into the water, and throw the solids away. 

 Make up to 10 gallons again with additional water and put the liquid into a 

 tight drum or barrel. This quantity is sufficient when mixed with water to 

 make 100 gallons of dipping bath. 



2. Carbolic Acid and Soft Soap. 



Dissolve 5 Ibs. of good soft soap, with gentle warming, in 3 quarts of liquid 

 carbolic acid (containing not less than 97 per cent, of real tar acid). Mix the 

 liquid with enough water to make 100 gallons. 



3. Tobacco and Sulphur. 



Steep 35 Ibs. of finely-ground tobacco (offal tobacco) in 21 gallons of water 

 for 4 days. Strain off the liquid, remove the last portions of the extract by 

 pressing the residual tobacco. Mix the whole extract, and to it add 10 Ibs. of 

 sulphur. Stir the whole mixture, and make up the total bulk to 100 gallons 

 with water. 



Note. The period of immersion in these dips should not be less than 

 half a minute. 



SHEEP (DOUBLE DIPPING) ORDER, 1920. 



Application of Order. Two Areas are defined in this Order, a " Movement 

 Area " and a " Double Dipping Area." 



Restriction on Movement of Sheep out of a Movement Area. Sheep may 

 not be moved out of a Movement Area unless by licence of an I.L.A. of the 

 district in which the sheep are when the licence is granted, unless the inspector 

 is satisfied that the sheep are intended for immediate slaughter, and that it is 

 impracticable for the sheep to be dipped before movement, or that the sheep are 

 to be moved direct to a slaughterhouse. A licence for movement may only be 

 granted, subject to certain conditions, if within 28 days before the licence is 

 granted the sheep have been dipped twice with an interval of not less than 

 7 and not more than 14 days between the dippings. 



Provision for Movement through Movement Area by Road or Railway. 

 Sheep are not considered to be moved out of a Movement Area when they arc 

 moved through such an Area by railway or road, or partly by rail and partly 

 by road, from a place outside such Area to another place outside such Area, 

 provided that they are moved through the Area without unnecessary delay and 

 are kept separate from all sheep in the Area during the movement, and also 

 provided that when moved by road they are accompanied by licence of an I.L.A. 

 of the district of the place where the sheep enter the Area. 



Movement of Irish Sheep. Sheep landed from Ireland in a Movement 

 Area are not considered to be moved out of a Movement Area if they are 

 consigned to a destination outside the Area and are moved by the most direct 

 route. 



Double Dipping Area. All sheep which are in a Double Dipping Area 



