/oiirnal of AgricuLtiirc. 



[lo Dec, 1909. 



Closely associated wifli the- 

 success in agnculture is the- 

 up-to-date character of every 

 implement of tillage and every 

 harvesting machine in all their 

 details. The unique system is 

 adopted of purchasing the first 

 prize implements at a number 

 of the leading agricultural shows 

 each year. This insures that 

 they are all above the average- 

 in workmanship and quality, 

 and thoroughly up-to-date. 

 After one or two years' service- 

 they are sold to be replaced by 

 more prize winners, and it is 

 found in practice that the price 

 obtained for an implement after 

 a single season's work is very 

 frequently the same as what it 

 cost originally. A very notable 

 feature of the whole establish- 

 ment is the substantial character 

 and large size of the sheep-yards 

 and shearing shed, which deserve 

 more than a passing notice. 



The sheep-yards, which are- 

 connected with the shearing 

 shed, include drafting yards,, 

 sheep-dip, and branding race. 

 A yard pitched with blue-stone- 

 leads to a battened ramp, con- 

 nected with pens and shearing 

 shed, and counting-out pens 

 are connected with the shearing^ 

 board on opposite side of the 

 building. The walls of ramp 

 and of counting-out pens are 

 lined with vertical boarding. 

 The counting-out pens open into 

 a yard leading either to the 

 branding race or sheep-dip. 

 The collecting pen of dip 

 leads to a battened race rising 

 3 feet. The dip is not at the 

 end, but at the side, so that the 

 sheep cannot se(! the bath from 

 the race. The sheep come boldly 

 out from the collecting pen to 

 join the sheep in tlie decoy 

 pen, at the other end of race. 



