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exercised to secure a complete gathering in the hill districts, 

 to keep the sheep long enough in the bath when a large 

 number had to be dipped in a given time, and to secure the 

 isolation of the dipped from the undipped sheep. The labour 

 and expense entailed in the dipping of a large hill stock may 

 be realised by a reference to the experience of the late Donald 

 Cameron of Lochiel. This owner had in his hands over 30,000 

 sheep, of which 15,000, divided into thirteen hirsels, had to be 

 brought to one place to be dipped. Some of the sheep had to 

 be driven over very wild country nine miles to the dipper, and 

 during the work, which lasted a fortnight, the shepherds were 

 fully employed from daybreak to dark. 



The experience gained during the summer of 1905 proves 

 that with the co-operation of the local authorities and the flock- 

 masters a general dipping of sheep within a fixed period of some 

 six weeks is quite possible, even under such difficult conditions 

 as obtain in the Highlands of Scotland. It now remains to be 

 seen whether the, method employed will be successful in 

 eradicating sheep scab and justify the renewed unrestricted 

 movement of sheep to the South. 



THE NATIONAL FRUIT AND CIDER INSTITUTE 

 AND ITS WORK. 



An account of the experimental work on cider and perry 

 conducted at the National Fruit and Cider Institute, Long 

 Ashton, Bristol, was given in the September number of this 

 Journal (p. 321). It is now proposed to supplement this with 

 an account of the experimental work which is being carried on 

 in the fruit-growing department of the Institute. 



Among the objects in view in the establishment of this 

 branch may be mentioned the cultivation of market fruits of all 

 kinds; investigations as to their value; instruction in cultivation, 

 packing, and marketing ; bottling, and other systems of pre- 

 serving fiuit ; the demonstration of the use and effect of various 

 insecticides and washes for preventing and eradicating insect 

 and fungoid pests, and such parasites as moss and lichen ; and 

 the testing of various natural and artificial manures. 



