. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 278 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. ping floor should be inclosed hy fence. Fig. "5" is a panel fence fourteen feet long placed across the center of the drip- ping floor. Two of the bottom boards of the fence of the drip- per on the side next to the vat should be cut out the width of the vat, and a small gate (fig. 6) fastened to the division panel so that it can be swung to either side of the vat, that when one part of the dripper is filled with sheep this gate can be swung around, closing the pen that the sheep are in and leavin
. The domestic sheep : its culture and general management. Sheep. 278 THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. ping floor should be inclosed hy fence. Fig. "5" is a panel fence fourteen feet long placed across the center of the drip- ping floor. Two of the bottom boards of the fence of the drip- per on the side next to the vat should be cut out the width of the vat, and a small gate (fig. 6) fastened to the division panel so that it can be swung to either side of the vat, that when one part of the dripper is filled with sheep this gate can be swung around, closing the pen that the sheep are in and leaving the other side open for the sheep to go in. By. HERDWICK RAM. the time this last half of the dripper is filled with sheep the first lot will be ready to go out, and continue in like man- ner until dripping is finished. Fig. "4 4" are gates to let the sheep out of the dripper. Fig. "8" is the yard for the sheep before the dipping is commenced. It should be built so as to make a small, three-cornered pen (fig. 9) next to the vat, large enough to hold fifty or seventy-five sheep which would be handy to the vat and easy to catch. This yard should be made penitentiary tight and strong so that it is impossible for any sheep to escape undipped. Should a single sheep get out and get with those already dipped, unnoticed, that had a single living female acarus on it, it would in a short time infect the whole flock; hence the im- portance of thoroughness from beginning to end. Now, with the above arrangements and the dip hot, you are ready. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Stewart, Henry. Chicago : American Sheep Breeder Press
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