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FITTING SHEEP 



as you desire. Shape the sills as shown in Fig. 5, and regulate 

 the pitch by the length of the legs as shown in Fig. 6. Set 

 the sills in line, nail temporary strips on each end to hold 

 in position and proceed to floor, taking care to paint well 

 the tongues and grooves, and when done give two good 

 coats of paint to prevent shrinking and swelling. The legs 



DIAGRAM OF DIPPING PLANT. 



may extend upward for posts to nail planks to to prevent 

 the sheep jumping off, a small gate or bar at the end to 

 let them out when they cease to drip completes the draining- 

 table. Fig. 7 shows draining surface of the table. We find 

 14 feet of draining-table is sufficient for our use. 



We do not consider it any great job to dip our little flock 

 of loo to 150 sheep." 



