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SOAKED TO THE SKIN 
1f sheep are not thoroughly soaked to the skin with dip 
the results of dipping are depreciated. The difference 
between hurried dipping and full-time dipping represents 
a loss probably exceeding the full cost of dipping several 
times over. If things which might have been were as 
visible as things that are, rushing sheep through a dipping 
bath would indeed be a rarity. 
Unfortunately hurried dipping is often common 
practice and the results are especially serious. 
Many who pay close attention to the other essentials for 
complete success, who properly mix the Dip, who insure 
the right strength by actual measurement, and who keep 
the bath stirred, strangely fail in the last essential, and 
permit the sheep to rush through the bath in less than 
` а quarter of the time fixed by all the leading dip makers 
For several reasons this “Time-failure” is a serious 
matter, especially in regard to Longwools and Crossbreds, 
as their loose fleeces are more subject to insect attacks than 
those of the densér Merinos. 
Not only, does the Crossbred fleece offer an ideal 
sanctuary, but seasons occasionally recur when lice and 
ticks become epidemic. These weather conditions, often 
severely tax the qualities even of those sheep dips which 
stick to the fleece the longest. 
Under such conditions:is it not unreasonable to be 
grudge full-time immersion in dipping sheep? Crossbreds 
must have at least two or three months’ growth of fleece 
when dipped, and time must be allowed for the dip to 
soak well through the thick wool to the skin, especially 
when the water used is hard and penetrates slowly. 
The importance of this warning is enhanced where 
Crossbred flocks are not dipped more than once a year, 
One dipping according to directions keeps Merinos clean | 
from dipping to shearing, and, under favourable condi- 
tions, one thorough dipping in Cooper's Dip usually suffices 
for Crossbreds. Wetting the sheep is not dipping them. 
In Australia Dipping is only an annual occurrence, 
and it Pays Well to Dip Well. 
