Fitting sheep for show ring and market . men, one on each side of the vat, and our little nincryear-old Willie to keep the sheep massed in the chute, willhandle them at the rate of about one sheep every four orfive minutes, and that will allow the sheep to remain in thedip two minutes, bv the watch, and should not beguessed at. To make the dipping-vat use 2x4 stuff; cut eight pieces ^^feet 2 inches long, and four pieces 20 inches long, and frameby halving together, as shown in Figs, i and 2. Now takethe four frames and set them on a level floor, and nail tem-porary strips on the outside to kee
Fitting sheep for show ring and market . men, one on each side of the vat, and our little nincryear-old Willie to keep the sheep massed in the chute, willhandle them at the rate of about one sheep every four orfive minutes, and that will allow the sheep to remain in thedip two minutes, bv the watch, and should not beguessed at. To make the dipping-vat use 2x4 stuff; cut eight pieces ^^feet 2 inches long, and four pieces 20 inches long, and frameby halving together, as shown in Figs, i and 2. Now takethe four frames and set them on a level floor, and nail tem-porary strips on the outside to keep them in position. Usefirst-class flooring for sides and ends; paint tongues andgroove, as you put them on; commence at the side down (plain the groove off the first boards),and build up, letting the ends extend past the posts at each 132 Fitting Sheep end so that thej- may be sawed off afterwards to insure agood joint at the corners. The bottom should be I^x6inches, with the edges beveled to correspond with the flare 1. E 1 1 1 1 1 r I; rl- L_J_i_ ;L of the sides. Draw down with ^ bolts and nail the sideplanks to the edge of bottom board, and you will have awater-tight joint. Now, after sawing the side planks flushwith the outside of end posts, seal up ends on outside of FOR Show Ring and Market, 133 posts. Paint the inside thoiDUglily. and 3ou will have awater-tight box. You can nail quarter-round in the cornersif necessary, but ours has none, and does not leak, and hasbeen in use for three years. I like the dipping-vat 8 feet lont?,so as to allow an incline for sheep to walk out on. Theywill climb out with little assistance if so arranged. We havea small tackle hung near the end of tlie vat, so that inhandling very heavy sheep we have a saddle girth, with ringon each end. which we put under the sheep behind the fore-legs, hook the tackle into the rings, and one man -will easilylift a 300 pound sheep, but we seldom use the tackle, as thesheep natur
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