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Sheep-Dipping Baths. 



[JULY, 



of the cart is stated in one case to have been £4. 10s., while the 

 iron work and fixing complete was about £1 15s. Wheels and 

 axles would be extra, and are very variable in cost. The 

 wheel in the figure is 3 ft. 11 in. in diameter. 



A Cement Swim Bath. — A type of dipping bath which has been 

 put in on a good many of the larger farms in the north of England 



FIG. 9. — Longitudinal section through man-hole. 



is a permanent cement swim bath 12 ft. in length, 3 ft. in 

 depth, 12 in. wide at the bottom and 20 in. wide at the top, 

 the sloping walk-out commencing 6 ft. 6 in. from the entrance 

 or deep end. A plan of the bath is shown in Fig. 7. On 

 either side of the bath is a manhole in which stands a man 

 attending to the sheep in the bath. Each manhole is entered 

 from the ground level by two 10J in, steps, thus being 1 ft. 9 in. 

 deep, as shown in Fig. 9. The cross section in Fig. 10 shows 

 the bath with a manhole on each side, while Fig. 8 is a longi- 

 tudinal section of the bath itself. The walls, &c, may be 

 made of cement, for the moulding of 1 which wooden templates ! 

 and moulds are necessary. These moulds cost about £1 10s. 



