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CONTINUOUS CROPPING 



plot of 2, 4, or 6 acres is first inclosed by what we 

 may speak of as the boundary netting. In small fields 

 the ordinary fences will serve as the boundary fence. 

 Then, across from one boundary to another, two or 

 three nettings are run, two where only one fold is 

 required and three where two are necessary. 



These cross fences are shown in the illustration, 

 marked as A A, B B, C C. A glance at the illustra- 

 tion will show that a new fold can be made by simply 

 " leap-frogging *' the cross- netting A A over B B, C C, 

 to the new position shown by the dotted lines. 



In the same manner the cross-netting BB can be 

 *' leap-frogged " over C C and A A to the new position 

 shown by dotted lines and marked B B. 



This double system of folding is worth a good deal 

 of attention. Under the ordinary system of folding, 

 especially with sheep, the animals are confined on a 

 small space until they have completely consumed every 

 particle of the food. Incidentally, if the land is at all 

 heavy, by the time the fold is moved, it is a quagmire. 

 Consequently the sheep get very wet and dirty and 

 anything in the nature of a second growth is im- 

 possible. 



Now in the case of ewes with lambs^ fattening 



