Show community vats to solve dip problem control cont rol animal parasites which cause heavy aleavy loss prepared Fre pared by the t he uniti V ltv states department ot f agriculture comm community community unit dipping vats to in platte county wyo are solving tile 1 lem of controlling the animal parasites which have caused heavy loss losa to live stock growers there for some years through tigh lie file efforts of the county comity agricultural extension agent sufficient Bum clent was aroused in ili the eradication of mange and lice to it possible to organize community live stock dipping associations the members paying tin nn equal sum into the treasury for and doing the work 0 of constructing ting and dipping plants khints themselves six plants were vare finished OnIs lied or under construction by the end of 1022 and lust last benr the number was var brought up to 14 two of ethehe are for sheep only tito the average cost of the plants was each and from three to four weeks was required to boni complete one mach includes a concrete vat rein fol forcel ced with steel with a filling and draining system a heating system double iraln pens chutes and corrals corral 8 the vats have an average capacity of gallons nud and tile the corrals will accommodate from 1000 to head of stock tile the first year head of cattle 70 per cent of them infected with lice and 1800 liend of sheep were dipped twenty five thousand head of cattle according to reports of the united states department of agriculture went through the vats in 1023 no record being kept of sheep hogs and horses all dipping lu in done under state inspection cattle growers estimate they have save saved tit at least 3 on every head of stock dipped through tile the saving in feed increased growth and improved marketable condit condition lon |