Sheep Salving

Mr. M. Horner of Buckden salving sheep in a field at Cray ( Langstrothdale). A wooden salving bowl, with flat handle, has been lodged in a dry stone wall. Mr. Horner sits on a salving stool with the sheep, and parts its wool ready for the salving mixture.

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 green slide cabinet, reference B47.