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THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. 



of the others, by means of the three-fold gate at the end 

 of the circular driveway, or alley. The sheep are gathered 

 in the lot B, and driven round inside of the curved fence 

 to the dipping vat, and the dripping vats at F and (J. The 

 circular fence is two hundred feet in diameter and will hold 

 two thousand sheep. It is easy to handle the sheep in any 

 way, by the gates in the alley, which is three and a half feet 

 wide. The alley is closed in the places marked, by a sliding 



SLIDING GATE. 



A TEXAS CATCH PEN FOR SORTING 

 AND DIPPING. 



gate, shown at small figure, and will hold 200 head or more. 

 By dropping the sliding gates this lot may be divided into 

 four lots, each of which may be handled with ease for any 

 purpose desired, marking, dipping, sorting, or examining. 

 By using hurdles the part of the circular pen below the 

 curved fence may be closed in and the gate at either en- 

 trance may be closed at will. As soon as one pen is emptied 

 it is filled again from the next one, by lifting the gate by a 

 cord running over a pulley, and as fast as one lot is done 

 with, the next comes to hand without trouble or delay. 

 The rear pen D is used for drying the sheep after dipping 

 them in the vats and passing them through to draining floor 



