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when the larger swimming tank would not be required; also a crook 

 and crotch (see figs. 16 and IT), with direc'ions for use in submerging, 

 guiding, and facilitating the handling of cattle while in process of 

 dipping. 



TOP Or SPLASHBOARD 



GROUND LINE 

 2' X4-' CLEATS 



: AT EACH END <&F CLEATS 



FALSE BOTTOM 



TOP LINE OF VAT. 



/ FALSE BOTTOM^ 



CAPACITY AT Si 1450 6ALLONS . 



FIG. 14. Small or medium-sized dipping tank. 



BARREL 



SCALE IN FEET. 



024- 6 8 10 \Z 14 



BARREL 

 ORAININ6 PENS 



FIG. 15. Draining pens. 



FIG. 16. Crook for handling cattle in vat. 



FIG. 17. Crotch for ducking cattle. 



NOTES ON BUILDING DIPPING VAT AND DIPPING IN OIL. 



Vat to be built of 2-inch tongued and grooved boards, or 1-inch 

 tongued and grooved flooring, doubled, with tar paper between, and 

 joints broken; all joints made tight with white lead or by calking. 



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