Management and feeding of sheep . ide, and it will hold at one time about40 sheep of average size. The door, which is as wide asthe platform, swings outward, and is thus made to form a DIPPING SHEEP FOR TICKS AND SCABS 435 barrier on one side of the passage from the alley to thevat. The other side has protection that is temporary andmovable. The dipping vat comes up against the side ofthe platform and extends outward from the end of the hoghouse. It is on a level with the platform and also of thedripping pens at the opposite end. The vat is 9 feet longon the top, 6 feet long on the bottom, 3 f
Management and feeding of sheep . ide, and it will hold at one time about40 sheep of average size. The door, which is as wide asthe platform, swings outward, and is thus made to form a DIPPING SHEEP FOR TICKS AND SCABS 435 barrier on one side of the passage from the alley to thevat. The other side has protection that is temporary andmovable. The dipping vat comes up against the side ofthe platform and extends outward from the end of the hoghouse. It is on a level with the platform and also of thedripping pens at the opposite end. The vat is 9 feet longon the top, 6 feet long on the bottom, 3 feet 8 inches deep,2 feet wide at the top and i foot at the bottom. These arethe dimensions inside the vat. The draining yard or pen,6 X 12 feet, is divided by a partition so as to make twoinclosures, each of which will hold 8 sheep. The drain-ing pen is slightly depressed toward the partition so asto carry the ooze back into the vat. At the end of thepartition toward the vat is a gate which swings both , II 1 II II 11/ -1! IL ifc. FIG. 22—DIPPING VAT FOR A SMALL FLOCK ways. The draining pen and also the projecting platformare about 23^ feet from the ground. One man puts thesheep into the vat; two men, one on each side, care forthem when there, and a boy opens the gate, when neces-sary at the rear of each dripping pen. From three tofour sheep are in the tank at one time, and they remainin two minutes. The dip is prepared by utilizing theboiler in the hog house. The eaves of the hog house sup-ply the vat with more or less water all the time, and thisis used in preparing food for the swine, but the vat isthoroughly cleansed after each dipping. In this way butlittle more than an hour is used for dipping 100 sheepafter all things have been made ready for the work. For a small flock a good-sized tub may be used or whatis more convenient, a small dipping vat such as may now be 436 MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP readily obtained by purchase. The sheep are lifted intothe vat by two m
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