Show I J ht r tr w P7R r STOCK YARDS ON FARM Convenient Sorting Pen Should Be Arranged Many farmers would handle moro live stock It they could da it easily r but tho laborious and costly way moot tarmor have of handling sorting and marketing live stock together with the small prollt therein outside of maintaining the fertility of tho farm had kept many from following tho business Every farmer handling live Block needs a stock scale dipping tank loading chute branding marking and dehorning chute also a place In which to catch wild colts or cows etc This H Od Diagram of the Yards L plan Is good and cheap considering tho capacity It gives In weaning calves pigs or colts several small I lots are a necessity A farmer may I easily lose tho price of the wholo 1 system of lots by not having adequate moans of handling and weighing his stock In buying or selling same I used ninefoot posts and native lumber fencing Vx Inches writes i a farmer In Wallaces Farmer In I circle of chuto I used fencing t x i I Inches fresh sawed elm Tho dipping tank A Is made of nn otght Inch brick wall laid In cement nnd cement plastered with bricks projecting pro-jecting two Inches In Inclined walkout walk-out of tank to make steps B C Is a trap door nailed fast to an axle which turns In recess In wall of cement tank Chute to which a wagon Is backed up to load live stock can be set nt D When dipping tank Is not In use 1 e r have a movable platform or floor to plnco over It so that tho chuto can T S ho used for loading branding marking I mark-ing etc |