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for work. If desired to be run to the full capacity, which is 

 about one thousand sheep per day, six good, strong men. will 

 be needed, one to attend the tire and foresee the work and 

 see that every man does his duty. This overseer should be 

 the owner of the sheep or the one most interested. If the 

 sheep are very scabby two men should be stationed in the 

 sheep pen with a currycomb or stiff brush to thoroughly 

 scratch and break up every scabby patch on the sheep, 

 then put it in the vat head first. Now, the man who stands 

 at the first division of the vat takes charge of the sheep 

 and thoroughly rubs all the scabby spots, and moves it easily 

 up and down in the dip in order that the dip can penetrate 

 all wrinkles and folds. This man should occupy fully one 

 minute with each sheep, then pass it under the crossbar to 

 the next man who handles it in the same manner and the 

 same length of time, then passes it to the third man 

 who does likewise. There is room for two sheep in each 

 department of the vat at the same time, and one man can at- 

 tend two nearly as well as one. It will be found very impor- 

 tant to have those crossbars in the vat, or the sheep will 

 all rush to the other end of the vat and will climb on each 

 other, and it would be very hard for the men to hold them 

 back and thoroughly soak them. If only dipping for a 

 preventive for ticks or lice, one man in the sheep pen will 

 put them in the vat fast enough; also one man can attend 

 them along the vat and one dipping will be sufficient, but for 

 scab it requires two dippings from eight to ten days apart. 

 If these directions are carried out I am positive it will cure 

 the worst case of scab, as I have cured thousands for myself 

 and neighbors in precisely the same manner as here de- 

 scribed. This apparatus, if well taken care of, will last for 

 years and would serve a number of flockmasters. If the 

 flock is small this apparatus can be built on a smaller scale, 

 or larger to suit the number of sheep that are to be dipped. 



A HAND DIPPING TANK. 



After an exciting contest for the one-hundred-dollar ster- 

 ling silver cup offered, some months ago, by Mr. Cooper for 

 the best farm dipping-plant, the prize was won by Mr. W. B. 

 Vestal, of Plainfield, Ind. The following are the plans and 

 specifications given by Mr. Vestal: 



