10 Jrr.Y, 1916.] 



Sheep Dips. 



425 



were old railway sleepers, 

 sawn timber was used. The 

 fences are about. 3 ft. 6 in. 

 high, boarded with four 6-in. 

 X 1-in. hardwood boards, six 

 boards being used from a to a 

 on plan to prevent the sheep 

 seeing the dip. The posts are 

 about 6 feet apart, and 2 feet 

 in the ground. A hurdle is 

 placed across the front of the 

 decoy pen, so that the sheep in 

 it can be plainly seen by the 

 flock. The draining pens will 

 each hold about 40 crossbred 

 sheep, and the yards and catch- 

 ing pens about 400 to 500 

 sheep. The price of the timber 

 will vary so considerably with 

 the district, that it is of little 

 use to give the cost of the yards. 



" To protect the bath, and 

 to obviate the necessity of re- 

 moving it each year, we built a 

 wooden framework around the 

 outside, between it and the 

 earth, both the bath and 

 the framework being tarred. 

 A check gate is provided with 

 the. bath, to prevent the sheep 

 going through too quickly; but 

 we found that many of them 

 jumped well out and the bar of 

 the gate caught them under 

 the neck, so the check gate was 

 removed. The sheep can easily 

 be kept in the liquid by means 

 of the criitch without injuring 

 them. To ])revent splash, a 

 good plan is to put a 6-in. y 

 1-in. board along each side of 

 the bath on its flat and pro^ 

 jecting an inch or two over the 

 bath. This can be fastened 

 down to the sill under the rim 

 of the bath, or to blocks driven 

 into the ground." 



No. 2. — This is also for deal- 

 ing with small flocks, but is of 

 substantial construction, built 

 for Mr. n. Mcl)onald for use 

 on his j)ropertv at Darraweit 

 Ouim. 



