Sheep Salving

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden preparing to salve sheep in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A wooden salving bowl, with flat handle, has been lodged in a dry stone wall. Mr. Horner takes a seat on the salving stool. Mounted on Photo File card with LAVC/PHO/P0772. With ms. note, and ms. sketch of a salving stool based on a diagram in Joseph Lucas' 'Studies in Nidderdale' (London; Pateley Bridge: E. Stock, [1882]). Card 1 in a series of 3.

Before the introduction of chemical sheep dip, sheep were salved with a mixture of tar and grease, the wool being parted and the salve rubbed into the roots.

Originally held in Photo File: Sheep Dipping/Salving.