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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 
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Fic. 18.— Sheep Crook. 
and handled with much less excitement than without. 
The Jaxon type of sheep crodk is very satisfactory. 
Dipping crooks are very handy at the time of dipping. 
They are made with a large double crook, and by their 
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Fic. 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 
