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the arrangement recommended admits 0/ a con- 

 siderable saving in time. 



Dipping on a Large Scale. 



Where the flocks are large, as in the West 

 and in Texas, comprising not unfrequently many 

 thousand sheep, it is altogether preposterous to 

 think of dipping by hand. To a prominent 

 wool grower in Kansas, we are indebted for 

 the following description and the annexed dia- 

 gram of a dipping tank, as generally used in 

 Australia. 



The dip should be sunk level with the ground, 

 and made either of timber, or brick and cement, 

 so as to be water-tight, and so situated that 

 water can be led into it, with also a discharge 

 pipe. The draining yards are usually made with 

 battens and corrugated iron sheeting underneath, 

 so as to lead all the drainage back into the dip. 

 The bottom of the tank should be three feet 

 wide and spreading to the top, so as to have as 

 little liquor left over as possible; and by its side 

 should be placed large boilers to keep the dip- 



