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The Sheep-Fluke. 



least subject to fluke. Even should the fencing-of£ result only in ability to 

 keep the young sheep off the infested areas the gain would sometimes — nay, 

 in flukey country, often — far more than pay the interest on the outlay neces- 

 sary for fencing. 



Fig. 16.— Swampy paddock, showing where 

 surface drains, a, 6, c, d, should be located 

 so as to drain away superfluous moisture 

 that would farour the growth of snails. 



Fig. 17. — Square paddock, one corner of 

 which, a, has been fenced off on account 

 of its swampy, i.e., dangerous, character. 



In laying out a run, the cost of fencing so as to avoid risk from fluke, 

 would ofttimes be no greater than that ordinarily incurred where no attention 

 is given to such matters. 



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Fig. 18.— Swampy areas A and b fenced off from the safe paddocks i' P. There are hundreds of 

 fluke-infested sheep runs in the colder and moister parts of the Colony w here the fencing off of 

 these swamps, located on the border of ri\ers and creeks, would be a paying investment. 



Pigs. 16, 17 and 18 give pictorial form to some of the suggestions made in 

 the text. 



