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THis bath should be tarred inside and out to preserve tlie iron. The 

 entrance end is steep enough to prevent the sheep from getting a foothold, 

 yet allows them to slide in gently when pushed backwards and is wide 

 enough for the sheep to turn round and swim out after ineffectually trying 

 to get out at that end. When dipping only a small number of sheep the 

 draining wells mav be dispensed with, and the floor of draining pen made 

 of solid board laid with a slope towards bath. 



No. 7 is a detail drawing of a slide and decoy pen. This is said to 

 have worked very satisfactorily with the minimum amount of handling. 

 The race, 16 inches wide with battened floor, rises to a height of 2 feet; 

 it then has a slight downward tendency for about 5 feet, and the floor is 

 covered with galvanized iron. About 2 feet before it reaches the slide, the 

 race gradually becomes wider till it reaches the slide, which is at right 

 angles to the race. The race is continued by a narrow footway at top of 

 slide, starting with a width of 6 inches and widening to 15 inches as it 

 reaches the decoy pen, which is on the opposite side of slide ; this footway 

 and the slide are covered with galvanized iron. The sheep are prevented 

 from seeing the liquid by a curtain hanging across the slide. It is not 

 advisable to make the curtain out of material that will flap about in the 

 wind, as this is often the cause of the sheep becoming frightened. The 

 best way is to make a door of |-in. lining boards and hang it from a hori- 

 zontal beam fixed at one end to race wall and continued in same line to 

 decoy pen. This door can be easily pushed aside, as the sheep slides into 

 the bath, and immediately comes back into position when the sheep has 

 passed by. It is claimed for this slide that the sheep will move forward 

 in the race without trouble and in attempting to get with the sheep already 

 in the decoy pen will slide back into the bath. The narrow footway at top 

 of slide seems to give confidence to the sheep and to work more satisfactorily 

 than when the slide is continued right up to the back wall. The slide 

 should be carried down as close to the lowest dipping level as possible. 



Draining pens are absolutely essential to every dipping bath. There 

 should be two so that when one is full it can be closed and the other one 

 worked. If it is intended to make a permanent floor, it should be of con- 

 crete raised about 3 inches above surrounding ground level, its surface 

 sloping from the centre line to the gutters formed on the outside of the 

 pens. It is not advisable to have the floors very smooth, as the rough 

 surface will prevent much of the droppings from being carried into the 

 gutters and choking them. The gutters discharge into a well about 2 feet 

 square, having a strong perforated zinc strainer fixed diagonally across it 

 to intercept any droppings which may be carried into the well. The bottom 

 of well should have a fall of 2 feet from entrance gutter to exit pipe. This 

 pipe should run from bottom of well into the dipping bath below lowest 

 dipping level. If a permanent floor is not required, a floor may be formed 

 of battens, constructed in sections and raised about i foot above the 

 ground. The battens should be laid across the direction of the swimming 

 bath. Under the battens, corrugated iron is fixed sloping from the centre 

 line to the outsides and draining into galvanized iron gutters fixed on the 

 outside of pens. These gutters discharge into wells as above described for 

 concrete floors. If the draining pens are not in a sheltered position, the 

 posts should be suflSciently high to carry a temporary covering to protect 

 the sheep, when standing in the draining pens, from the sun in hot seasons. 



No. 8 drawing shows sections of the various baths, detail of draining; 

 well, and dipping utensils. 



