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AMERICAN NOTES ON | 
THE PROPER USE OF DIPS. 
EXCELLENT ADVICE 
Too much prominence cannot be given to 
the following official advice as to the applica- 
tion of any Dip. We have reiterated this 
advice times out of number, and if sheepmen 
would take it to heart it would be greatly to 
their advantage. * 
Whatever dip is selected, the Farmer should not: 
forget that there are two ways of using that Dip. 
‚ One way is to prepare and use it in accordance 
with the Directions given. 
The other way is to attempt to economise time, 
labour, or money by, uring: the Dip in weaker 
proportions than advised, by hurrying the sheep 
through the swim, or by later placing the sheep 
under unfavourable conditions, 
If the former method is adopted with any of the 
established dips, the treatment ought to be followed 
with good results. 
, If the latter method is adopted, the farmer 
himself must assume the responsibility of failure, no 
matter which dip he decides to use. f 
E farmer should therefore remember that 
when he has decided upon the Dip he is to use, his 
work has only begun. $ 
To use the Dip properly is fully as important as 
to use a Dip at all. 
Extract from Bulletin No. 21 of the Bureau 
of Animal Industry of the United States 
Department of Agriculture. 
