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FOR BETTER CROPS IN THE SOUTH 



SPECIFICATIONS FOR THE 



CONSTRUCTION OF A 



CATTLE DIPPING 



VAT 



The site selected for the vat 

 should be dry. The excavation 

 should be 



Seven feet deep. 



Twenty-seven feet long at the 

 top. 



Thirteen feet long at the bot- 

 tom. 



Four feet wide at the top. 



Thirty inches wide at the bot- 

 tom. 



The walls and floor should be 

 six inches thick. The wooden 

 frames should be constructed of 

 2x4 inch braces, on the outside of 

 which 1-inch boards are tacked. 

 After the concrete has set, take 

 out frame, and plaster inside of vat 

 with a mixture of 1 part cement 

 and 2 parts sand. The walls of the 

 vat should be built one foot above 

 the surface of the ground. The 

 slide where the cattle go into the 

 vat should be three feet long with 

 a fall of two feet. The concrete 

 should be made as follows 



Cement - - - .1 part 

 Sand - 2£ parts 



Gravel or Broken Rock 5 parts 



all thoroughly mixed. 



The dipping vat should be cov- 

 ered with a shed and provided with 

 convenient pens, chute, and drip- 

 ping pen. 



