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on immediate shipment. During haying or harvest, it is 

 a nuisance to stop and build a crate, and the sale may be 

 lost on that account. Crate building is a good rainy day 

 job. They are built of one by three-inch material and 

 are so constructed as to combine as far as possible strength 

 with lightness. They are made barely large enough for 

 the sheep to stand comfortably. 



Shepherd's crooks. 



Shepherd's crooks have been in use for centuries and 

 are still a very necessary article, especially with high 

 class sheep. With a crook the flock can be worked over 



Fi«. 18. — Sheep Crook. 



and handled with much less excitement than without. 

 The Jaxon type of sheep crook is very satisfactory. 

 Dipping crooks are very handy at the time of dipping. 

 They are made with a large double crook, and by their 



Fig. 19. — Dipping Crook. 



use the sheep can be either pushed under the dip or pulled 

 out, as desired. A home-made dipping crook can be 

 made out of two pieces of wood. 



Dipping vat. 



A dipping vat on a sheep farm should be built as durable 

 and lasting as possible, and located so that it cannot be 



