Fitting sheep for show ring and market . He RULE. No. 1. make, especially where intensive farming is considered. Bythe use of these the flock is more easily and profitably man-liged. The waste in the feeding off of soiling and foragecrops is reduced to a minimum and each grade of sheepcan be kept apart and thereby given a better opportunity tothrive, especially the younger members of the flock, than 86 Fitting Sheep is the case where sheep of all ages, sorts, and conditions areallowed to roam together. During the shearing and dipping season the value of hur-dles will be fully appreciated. They
Fitting sheep for show ring and market . He RULE. No. 1. make, especially where intensive farming is considered. Bythe use of these the flock is more easily and profitably man-liged. The waste in the feeding off of soiling and foragecrops is reduced to a minimum and each grade of sheepcan be kept apart and thereby given a better opportunity tothrive, especially the younger members of the flock, than 86 Fitting Sheep is the case where sheep of all ages, sorts, and conditions areallowed to roam together. During the shearing and dipping season the value of hur-dles will be fully appreciated. They can be used in winterfor building yards around the sheep barn and for many Hurdle. No. 2. I herewith give illustrations of two different styles of hur-dles. No. I is one which is easily set, but is somewhatcumbersome to handle. In length it should be made fromeight to twelve feet long, of some light, durable material. No. 2 is also easily and quickly made by anyone havinga fair knowledge of the use of carpenters tools. A carefulstudy of Fig. 2 will, I think, give my readers a clear ideaof how this hurdle is made. FOR Show Ring and Market. Lambing Pens. I am not in lavor of pcrmanoni lambing pens, for variousleasons. among llicm being the faet tiiat a ewe taken fromthe riock and phiced in a strange pen away from where sliecan get a view of her companions is apt to worry and fret,a fact which cannot be said to conduce to successful yean-ing. I have found portable pens, made in the followingmanner, to give very satisfactory results: Take four 2x2posts about y/2 feet long, and 12 boards about 3J/ feetlong, 6 inches wide and 44 of an inch in thickness. Thesewhen
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