What the Dip means to the Desert 



farm in South Africa. Seven years ago it was 

 heavily infested with the bont tick. But we 

 have killed them all off by persistent dipping." 

 What a splendid complaint, and what a 

 tribute to the union of science, industry and 

 commercial enterprise. It is now widely ack- 

 nowledged that the dry or desert lands are the 

 best and healthiest for all kinds of live stock. 

 And the researches in human, in plant, and in 

 animal diseases which are now being pursued 

 in the four Provinces and Rhodesia are all 

 tending to ameliorate the life and improve the 

 land of the desert dweller. But of the rich 

 discoveries which have recently been made in 

 Agricultural Science, none is so pregnant with 

 hope as the cleansing dip. To recount how it 

 came and what it means we must leave, for a 

 little while, the red sands of the Kalahari, and 

 t?ke up our residence amongst the farmers of 

 the midland and coastal regions of Natal. 







In that well-known book of successful biog- 

 raphy, entitled " Self-Help," by Samuel Smiles, 

 there is no more enthralling tale than the career 

 of John Hunter, who left his carpenter's bench 

 to become the greatest anatomist of his genera- 

 tion. His constant message to his students 



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