700 



Cattle Dipping Tests. 



By p. R. Goudon, Chief Inspector of Stock, Queensland. 



THE following is exiracted from the 

 "Queensland Agricultural Journal" 

 for October, 1900 :— 



" On i;5th August, twenty-two cattle 

 were pot through a dip known as Quibell's 

 Dip, the dipping being done under the 

 personal supervision of Mr. A. E. Royle, 

 tlie agent of the Proprietary. Ten of 

 these belong to the Department, and the 

 time occupied in passing through the dip 

 was from five to nine seconds, actually 

 swimming. The ton belonging to the 

 Department were dipped at a strength of 

 1 part of the dip to 60 of water, and the 

 remaining twelve were dipped ata strength 

 o! 1 in 80, and were kept in the dip for 

 fully one minute. None of these cattle 

 were heavily infested. This dip did not 

 visibly injure the cattle in any waJ^ The 

 cattle were under daily observation and 

 live ticks found on them for several days 

 after dipping, but on close inspection on 

 23rd, ten days after dipping, no live ticks 

 were found on them." 



Accompanying the a' ove was the fol- 

 lowing official letter : — 



Live Stock and Brands Office, 

 Brisbane, 18th October, 190 ). 



Messrs. Quibell Bros., Ltd., 



12, Wool Exchange, Sydney. 



Dear Sirs,— I am in receipt of your letter 

 of 15ih, and by this post send you six 

 copies of my progress report on dipping 

 tests, by which you will see that Quibell's 

 Dip destroyed ail the ticks on the cattle 

 operated upon, although some time elapsed 

 before they were finally destroyed. In 

 justice, however, to your dip, it may be 

 stat-d that the test was a severe one, inas- 

 much as the ticks on the cattle were m 

 the larval stage, and consequently more 

 tenacious of life than fully developed 

 ones. 



Yours truly, 

 (Signed) P. R. GORDON, 



Co-operation v. maividuailsm. 



THE following is a tabular statement of 

 the enormous profits made by the co- 

 operative butter factories of Victoria. It 

 is said that although they have been very 

 successful, they are not extending their 

 business in nearly the same proportion as 

 the private firms. Indeed, it is authori- 

 tatively stated that more than half of the 

 butter factories and creameries in the 

 State are either owned entirely or con- 

 trolled by private firms. It would be 

 disastrous to the milk-producer for either 

 private firms or any but the widest co- 

 operative factories to have a monopoly ot 

 the trade, as they could then beat him 

 down -to starvation prices for his milk. 

 The following interesting table, just pub- 

 lished, shows how great the profits of the 

 co-operative butter factories are now, and 

 it is to be hoped, for the benefit of the 

 dairy farmers, that there will be a fairly 

 even balance between the companies and 

 the private owners, so that from healthy 

 rivalry he may obtain fair prices for his 

 produce : — 



Company. 



Farnbam ••• 

 Glenoimifeton 

 Colac 



Wairnambool 

 Glengairy ..- 

 Geel ng distuct 

 Kyueton .•• 

 Kcngviak ••• 

 Y^a 



Poowong ... 

 Dr>k Drik ... 

 Wallace aud DibtriC; 

 Buninyong... 

 Kcroit aud Gower 



Hill 

 MicpcU 



'i amkugl' andKarra- 



nif'us ■■• 

 SwaiihillandMorngag 

 Striitiibogie 

 Hamilt II .•• 

 Pyrami Hill 

 Fran liiigtam andEl- 



ltrs;ie .•• 



Paid-up 

 Capital. 



£ 

 2,445 

 4 350 

 4,'.»3G 

 3,787 

 5(0 

 . 4,332 

 4,671 

 771 

 , 5,058 

 . 2,0.5 

 22U 

 2.787 

 3,368 



3 lOK 

 7')2 



1.368 

 837 

 48'J 

 2,i<95 

 1,014 



4.117 



Net 

 Profits 

 £ 



2 442 



3 338 

 3,844 

 4317 



360 

 1,026 

 ],.^H7 

 608 

 1,814 

 922 

 IIH 

 542 

 739 



1,342 

 229 



636 



192 



450 

 407 



1,577 



Period. 

 Months, 



12 

 6 

 12 



12 

 12 



12 

 12 



12 

 6 

 12 



12 



It will be noticed that these twenty-one 

 companies' returns show a profit of about 

 42^ per cent, on the amount ot capital 



