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TEE CATTLE TICK CAN BE DESTROYED 



or automol)iles and the result cannot be but failure. Such it has 

 been, most unlortunately, with cattle in the quarantined area. 



The extermination of tlie tick means 

 the revolutionizing- of the live stock in- 

 dustry of the South, and so far as the 

 state of Mississippi is concerned, the 

 people have decreed that this evolution 

 shall come within two years. 



Specifications for the Con- 

 struction 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 " " " bottom 



Four " wide " top 



Thirty Inches " " bottom 



The walls and floor should be six inches 

 thick. The wooden frames should be con- 

 structed of 2x4 inch braces, on the out- 

 side 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 . . . . i part 

 Sand ----- 2i parts 

 Gravel or Broken Eock - 5 parts 



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all thoroughly mixed. 



The dipping vat should be covered 

 with a shed and provided with convenient 

 pens, chute, and dripping pen. 



