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PROFITS FROM DIPPING SHEEP ` 
“Crowfoot,” the well known writer on Live Stock sub- 
jects in The Pastoral Review, in arecent article on the profits 
that arise from dipping sheep, said:— . 
“From experience I can safely say it would be an eye- · 
opener to the uninitiated, and I will detail as near as I can 
an experiment of my own :—50 two-tooth sheep (cross- 
breds) were selected out of one flock, all born at the one 
lambing. These when shorn cut nearly equal weights of 
wool. Six weeks after shearing they were all weighed, 
and 25 were dipped and 25 were not dipped. They were 
all clean sheep, and were then turned out together and 
received exactly the same treatment as regards feed 
(natural pasture only) and other attentions right up to the 
next shearing, when they were shorn and again weighed. 
The result was the dipped sheep cut 1} lbs. more wool and 
had gained 5 lbs. more meat than the undipped ones. 
These were all wethers, and the season was an average 
one. Another year, one of semi-drought, another experi- 
ment was tried with the same result as far as increases in 
wool and mutton are concerned, but. not to the same 
extent. The increase in the second experiment was $ Ib. 
of wool and 3 lbs. of mutton. The wool was tender іп 
both lots, but was more bulky in the dipped. Now, to 
show that it pays to dip, we will take an owner of 2:590 
sheep, which is getting near what most flocks will number 
іп the very near future. First we will take the cost of 
utting down a dip, say £40, though that is outside what 
it would cost, as in most districts, if tbe sheepyards are 
properly built, the swims and draining pens can be made 
to fit in. Now to total up:—Dip, £40; yards, £20; 
dipping 1,500 sheep at 1d. per head, £6 5s.; three men's 
wages at 1s. per hour (3 hours) 93., makes £66 14s., includ- 
ing everything. Now on the credit side we find increased 
weight of wool at 1$ lbs. per sheep at 8d. per 1b., £75; in- 
creased growth of meat, 5 Ibs. at 6d. per Ib., present price, 
on 1,500 sheep, £187 10s.; total £262 тоз. Deducting cost 
of dipping and appliances, £66 14s. leaves £195 16s., or 
about 2s. 744. per head profit. After the first year the 
profit is greater, as we only have to allow about то per 
cent. for depreciation of bath, yards, &c., but there is still 
another tangible gain, and that is in the selling value, 
easily 1s. per head, because dipped sheep are more present- 
able to the buyer.” 
The higher the price of wool, the greater this profit. 
Cooper yields the most profitable results. 
