CONSUMING CROPS— FACTORY METHODS 257 



One small staple is put above the wire and one below 

 it. The wire is placed between the two, and then a 

 slate nail with a big head is dropped behind the wire. 

 In moving the fence the nail can be picked out with 

 the fingers. 



All the other apparatus required is a barrow for a 

 man to stand in and a mallet to drive in the posts. 



In grazing the crop down in early winter it should 

 not be grazed bare, but a sufficient length of stalk 

 should be left to make a second growth in spring. This 

 second growth can be grazed off, first by ewes and 

 lambs, and then by hoggets. 



We have a lot to learn about the folding system, 

 but one rule is: Never compel fattening cattle, dairy 

 cows, or ewes with lambs to graze down bare. This 

 should be left for store cattle or sheep to do. 



