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PRESENT TYPES OF SHEEP RAISING 



As an appurtenance of sheep raising, hurdles are light, movable 

 panels of fence which a man can carry with ease. With them the 

 shepherd makes a temporary enclosure for his flock. The lambs are 



FIG. 10. The farm flock usually numbers less than one hundred sheep. 



FIG. 11. In Great Britain thousands of sheep are kept within hurdles which are moved 

 often to furnish fresh feed. 



usually permitted to go through creeps ahead of the ewes and in 

 this way they get the best of the forage while their less fastidious 

 mothers, having access to it a day or two later, make the most 

 economical use of it by trimming it down close. As soon as a 

 growth is eaten, the ground is turned and sown to another crop. Of 



