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‘DRYING in the SHADE AFTER DIPPING 
Many sheepmen turn their sheep out into the hot sun 
or wind immediately they come out of the draining pens. 
If they closely watched the effect of this they would see 
what they are losing by it, and also what risks they are 
taking. Sheep with, say, two months’ wool on are dipped, 
and turned out into the sun. Even if they do not scald, 
the moisture dries out of the dip before it has time to 
distribute itself evenly down the staple from tip to skin. 
On the other hand, if the sheep are dried in the shade, 
the evaporation of moisture is slower, and it enables the 
dip to cover evenly and adhere to the full length of the 
staple, yielding infinitely more permanent results. If 
sheepowners who hitherto have not considered this point 
were to examine closely and compare sun-dried and shade- 
dried sheep, after dipping in arsenical powder dip, they 
would at once appreciate what a very important factor itis. 
If sheep were run through pure water, they would 
scald under certain conditions, so that it is not difficult to 
grasp the risk of turning wet sheep soaked with arsenical 
poison out into the sun when wet. There is not only 
danger from the sun—the risk of turning wet sheep out is 
equally great if rain should fall. Heavy rain falling upon 
newly-dipped sheep, before they are dry, is almost sure to 
scald them and perhaps cause mortality. The explanation 
is obvious: When sheep leave the draining pen the dip 
should be evenly distributed between the staple and the 
skin. If the dip has a chance to become quite dry, it ad- 
heres to the staple, and subsequent rains only carry itdown 
by degrees as it were. But if heavy rains fall on sheep 
wet with dip, the particles which should adhere to the 
wool are carried right down to the skin, which thereby 
gets an overdose, and if the pores should be open, as is 
often the case in close weather, and during thunderstorms, 
or through the sheep being driven, scalding, even mortality, 
is nearly sure to occur. Instances can be quoted of sheep 
having been killed after being turned out into the rain 
while wet with arsenical dip. This could easily have been 
avoided if the above facts had been thoroughly understood 
because no sheepowner would, with full knowledge of 
possible consequences, take such risks. 
(See directions PHA TE VOU Sem Dipping 
