142 Sheep Management. 



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 



PLATK 44. First pri/e pure-bred Shropshire wether lamb at the In- 

 ternational, 1910, shown by the University of Wisconsin. 



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. 



