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DirpiNG of Sheep. 



Committee on Dipping of Sheep. 



The Board of Agriculture have appointed a Departmental 

 Committee to investigate experimentally, and to inquire into 

 and report upon : — 



1. The composition and essential constituents of efficient dips 



and other preparations for the treatment and dressing of 

 sheep, and their effect upon the animal treated or dressed, 

 and upon the parasites and other organisms for the 

 destruction of which they are used. 



2. The methods in which such dips and other preparations 



should be employed, and the appliances and facilities 

 requisite for the purpose. 



3. The times and intervals at which sheep should be treated 



or dressed, regard being had (a) to the life-history and 

 characteristics of the sheep-scab acarus and of the other 

 parasites and organisms of sheep which require external 

 treatment, and (b) to the practical conditions under which 

 sheep-farming is carried on in various parts of the United 

 Kingdom. 



The Committee consists of the following gentlemen, viz. : — 

 Mr. Laurence Hardy, M.P. (chairman) ; Sir Henry Hall Scott ; 

 Dr. Thomas E. Thorpe, C.B., F.R.S., Director of the Govern- 

 ment Laboratory ; Professor Edwin Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., 

 F.R.S., Director of the British Museum (Natural History Depart- 

 ment) ; Mr. J. Bowen-Jones ; Professor John Rich Campbell, 

 B.Sc, one of the Assistant Secretaries to the Department of 

 Agriculture and Technical Instruction for Ireland ; Mr. A. C. 

 Cope, M.R.C.V.S., Chief Veterinary Officer of the Board of 

 Agriculture ; Mr. John Craig ; Mr. Matthew Flanagan, J. P. ; 

 Mr. M. Hedley, F.R.C.V.S., one of the Chief Inspectors of the 

 Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction for 

 Ireland ; and Dr. William Somerville, one of the Assistant 

 Secretaries of the Board of Agriculture. Professor Winter, 

 M.A., University College of North Wales, Bangor, is the 

 Secretary to the Committee. 



