MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT 



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John R. Fulton, secretary of the American Angora Breeders 7 As- 

 sociation, whose headquarters are at Kansas City, Mo. 



PORTABLE SHEEP FENCES. 



Portable sheep fences are a good thing where folding on such 

 crops as rape, kale, vetches, turnips, etc., is practiced. In England 

 hurdles are used in certain sections of the country almost exclu- 

 sively ; in other sections old fishing nets which can be bought at a 

 very low price are used, but without doubt woven wire fence is 



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the material for this country. That made from number 12 or 

 13 wire of a height of about^35 inches makes a very handy fence 

 for folding sheep. Of course it is important to use stakes to keep 

 the fence in the proper position. 



SALT. 



Salt is about as necessary to the system of sheep as food. Sheep 

 are the best judges of how much salt they need, hence it should 

 be placed where they can reach it at all times. The old time way 

 of regularly salting them is all right, but it is better to give them 

 access to it at will. Where sheep are not salted regularly they 



