Volume 71: Macarthur family papers relating to wool and sheep, 1820-1936: No. 200
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even too cleanly, with the consumption of about 4lbs of soap to each 100 sheep, were not sufficiently well washed in 1827 with the use of 10 or 12 lbs per 100; though a greater portion of labour was devoted to them. Whilst one man at each tub is applying the soap another should rub it well in, taking care never to dip the sheep in the warm water afterwards, and to preserve as much of the soapy water in the fleece as possible. When the yolk is supposed to be sufficiently well combined with the soap & water, and the hard knots on the surface of the fleece to be pretty well softened, the animal is thrown into the river from the platform, and immediately taken by the pair of men stationed to wet [indecipherable] the stream, and well scrubbed all over (commencing always with the back) by a forceable action of the arm, from the elbow downwards,