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®МАССОТ FLY 
No infallible remedy has yet 
been discovered for the maggot 
fly in Australian flocks, but ex- 
perience, extending over many 
years, and embracing millions of 
sheep, has proved conclusively 
that Cooper's Powder Dip used 
with special attention to cer- 
tain details, is the cheapest 
and most efficient remedy yet 
evolved. Е 
DIPPING FOR BLOW FLY PREVENTION. 
Sheep dipped off shears or soon after shearing cannot 
possibly n the protection against the blow fly that can be 
secured if they are dipped with two or three months' wool 
on, for the simple reason that they cannot take out suffi- 
cient dip to last any length of time. 
Any carelessness in preparation or use of the Dip is sure 
to lead to disappointing results. 
"Those sheepowners who have failed to give their sheep 
a measure of protection by dipping should answer truth- 
fully to themselves the following questions :— 
1. Did they use the right class of Dip? 
2. Did they mix it with absolute care? 
3. Did they stir the bath continually ? 
4. Did they allow the sheep to be thoroughly soaked to 
the skin ? 
5. Did they allow the sheep to dry in the shade? 
6. Did the sheep have sufficient wool on when being 
dipped ? Р f 
The points involved by the above six questions resemble 
the wheels of a clock. Take out one wheel and the clock 
is rendered useless; neglect one of these essential points 
of dipping, and the whole operation is spoilt. Yet in how 
` many cases are not all these points neglected, and the dip 
blamed for the miserable result obtained. Some may argue 
that they have not time to give all this attention to the 
matter of dipping, yet these very people are compelled by 
the blow fly to be continually mustering their sheep for 
crutching or dressing, both of which methods involve far 
more time,trouble arid cost than careful attention to dipping. 
The fly may strike well-dipped sheep, but if the careers 
of the maggots deposited are followed it will be seen that 
they shrivel up and die before they do much harm, if any. 
