The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1903-10-30
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There has just been completed and
put into use on the Carpenter-San born
$4,000 acre stock farm in Brute county,
S. D., what may properly be termed
cattle dip that for capacity, durability
completeness and convenience likel-
surpasSeS anything Ct the kind in ti>r
west, says 2 correspondent of Breeders
Gazette. Experiment has proved that
dipping cattle similar to the manner
of dipping sheep is highly beneficial
as a preventive or cure fer lice, scal>,
Texas itch. mango or other vermin ara
contagiOn i'll the herd. It may there
fore be presumed that Il brief deScrii:-
ton of the dip here referred to will
be Of interest to those engaged in the
cattle industry.
The vat is IS feet long. s feet deep.
so inches wide at the bottom and Sc
inches wide at the top. It is all walled
with stone, and the wall is covered
with heavy coat Of cement, as is also
the bottom, so there is no leakage or
waste Of the dip fluid. At the approach
of the dip is shoot, arranged that it
may also be used for, branding and
vaccinating. The exit is connected by
two dripping pans is by "A feet, with
a cement floor, and as the cattle are
put through the dip they are let stand
some twenty or thirty minutes on the
pans to drip off and the drippings run
back into the vat The capacity of the
vat is $3.50 gallons. A twelve horse
power boiler is used for heating the
dip preparation, which is usually heat
ed to a temperature of 115 to 100 f.
On an average it takes from fifteen
to twenty seconds for an animal to
swim through the vat but 100 head
of medium sized cattle per hour is
about the working capacity The dip
ping vat complete cost about $1,000.
and, although it is quite an expensive
one, yet it is certain to last for many
years. Messrs. Carpenter and Sanborn
have just got through dipping about
5000 head.
Value OF Type.
types of beef animals, with various
gradations between them. The one is a
compact, broad, closely coupled, early
maturing type, which can readily be
finished into prime beef when from
tWentyfour to thirty months Old 1t is
type which lacks in size and is often
not the most prolific breeder. The 9th
er extreme in type is larger, slightly
cOarser boned, longer coupled animal
and one which is rangy until it is from
thirty to forty months old. Animals Of
that type are not such easy keepers.
but they are growthy, vigorous, active
and prolific stock, which bring their
owners good returns, says Professor J.
H. Shepperd.
The two types are pitted against orc
another in the show ring, and the
judge must decide between them in
all fairness. 1t can easily happen that
a mature bull of the large, rangy, later
maturing type in general conformation
may win first place upon a given year
by reason of the judge finding that in
comparing the conformation of the in
dividuals in all points the rangy animal
is the better Three years later it is
just as likely to be the small, compact
type of bull which will win the prize.
for while he lacks size he lacks less in
size than the rangy bull did in quality
and overbalances him on the average
according to the judgment of the ex-
pert who placed the ring.
9Beef to the Ears"