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confine the sheep to pastures, and that is good fences. 

 Sheep are naturally inclined to jump, and an invitation, by 

 bad fences, will surely be accepted. Straying sheep will 

 soon be lost sheep, as, when once out, there is no limit to 

 their travels, and many a flock has been totally lost for 

 want of attention to this particular. Therefore, have good 

 fences around the pastures intended for sheep, so they will 

 never acquire the habit of jumping. With good fences, 

 many good bargains may be had with the less provident 

 farmers, who, annoyed by their continual straying, will 

 often be induced to part with their sheep at a great loss. 



A fold should be provided that is dog-proof. The coun- 

 try is often m an uproar from the depredations of one or 

 two miserable curs in a single night. The farmer goes to 

 bed proud of being possessed of a fine nucleus of a flock. 

 He has carefully selected choice breeds, and spent many 

 anxious hours protecting and caring for them through the 

 winter months, and it is his delight to exhibit them to his 

 aeighbors. But some morning the unwelcome word comes 

 to him, "the dogs have been among the sheep." Every 

 one who has experienced it knows of the volumes of rage 

 that swell his bosom. But it is all for naught. The mis- 

 chief is done and the robber gone. Not a trace is left, ex- 

 cept the dead carcasses of many sheep lying around, and 

 the frightened, stunned look of the more fortunate ones that 

 have escaped escaped the dogs it may be, but they have 

 suffered so much by fear they do not recover for months. 

 They run at the approach of any one, th^y are restless, and 

 the constant snort of some watcher startles them from their 

 food, and, as a consequence, they lose flesh and become a 

 shadow of what they were before. Sheep are very peculiar 

 in this respect, and nothing disturbs their equanimity more 

 than the inroads of dogs. All this can be prevented by the 

 simple precaution of a fold. It is easily made, and will 

 last indefinitely. 



Select a suitable spot near the dwelling as may be. Let 



