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FARM DEVELOPMENT 



Hurdles or portable fences are useful in caring for 

 small flocks of sheep, young pigs, calves or young chicks 



Figure 250. Light portable fence used In pasturing sheep. One piece 1x6 and 

 three 1 x 4, 16 feet long, for horizontal bars; three pieces 1 x 4, 42 inches long, for up- 

 rights; one piece 1 x 6, 42 inches long, and two 1 x 4, 60 inches long, for, braces. 



when on the pasture. By means of hurdles the animals 

 may be moved frequently, giving them a constant supply 

 of fresh feed. Hurdles can be made of boards, wires 



Figure 251. A beautiful experiment at Minnesota Agricultural College. Numerous 

 well-trimmed hedges growing side by side. 



and boards, or wires and slats, some form of device for 

 holding the hurdle up being adapted to each kind of 

 hurdle. Where areas to be fenced are of considerable 

 size, movable barbed wire or woven wire fencing to be 



