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feet; you can let the next lap on the first and extend as fai- 

 ns you desire. Shape the sills as shown in Fig. 5, and regu- 

 late the pitch by the length of the legs as shown in Fig. 0. 

 Set the sills in line,- nail temporary strips on ends 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 may 

 extend upward for post to nail planks' to prevent the sheep 



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jumping off. A small gate or bar at the end to let them out 

 when they cease to drip completes the drainiug-table. Fig. 

 7 shows draining surface of the table. We find 14 feet of 

 'Training-table is sufficient for our use. We do not consider 

 it any great job to dip our little flock of 100 to 150 sheep. 



SHEARING. 



This harvesting of the wool crop, as it may be termed, 

 is one of the important parts of the shepherd's industry. 

 It is really his harvest time, and 'it goes very naturally 

 that in the advance of mechanical methods, the machine now 



