ORDINARY SWIM BATHS 



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better grown. Every Bradford man will bear me out when I 

 say that, wool affected by any of the evils associated with the 

 use of alkaline or crude arsenic, is always more or less 

 wanting in colour, texture, and weight." 



Instructions for building a Swim Bath in Brick and 

 Cement. The bath should be 9 ft. long, 3 ft. 3 in. wide, and 

 3 ft. 10 in. deep. Full details are given on sketch, page 656, 

 which is drawn to scale, and will be found sufficient to guide 

 a bricklayer in making the bath. The walls of the bath 

 should be 4^-inch brick work, with 9-inch coping, all set in 

 cement, with just enough above the ground to prevent rubbish 



3-9" 



FIG. 55. COOPER'S ORDINARY SWIM BATH. 



A, Mustering fold. B, The bath. C, Place for a man with a crutch. D, Exit. 

 EF, The draining pens. 



from being kicked in. The exit slope should be 18 inches 

 wide at the bottom, opening to 2 feet 6 inches at the top. 

 The bricks in the floor of exit should be laid alternately flat 

 and edgeways, the latter projecting so as to give a foothold 

 to the sheep in walking out. The bricks of the floor of the 

 bath may be laid flat, but the whole must be cemented to 

 make it watertight. The draining pen should slope towards 

 the centre, and also towards the bath, and this is better laid 

 in brick and cement, or asphalte, though corrugated iron or 

 tarpaulin will answer the purpose. Quantities of materials 

 required are as follows : Bricks, including draining floor, 

 1000; bullnose bricks for coping, 60; cement, 4 bags; sand, 



