142 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



DANGERS OF DEAD FURROWS. 



The writer wishes to call the attention of the 

 beginner in the sheep business to the fact that when 

 the sheep are turned out on pasture it is a wise 



PLATE 45. Pure-bred Southdown~yearling wethers. The one at the 

 lett won first prize and championship and reserve grand championship. 

 The one at the right won third prize. Shown by the University of Wis- 

 consin at the International, 1916. 



plan to look over the land to see if there are any 

 traps for them, that is, whether there are any shal- 

 low depressions, such as dead furrows, in the 

 field where the flock pastures. In such depres- 

 sions sheep like to lie down, especially over night. 



