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ordinary wattle hurdles or some kind of shelter should 

 be provided. 



For the folding of small animals, netting, of course, 

 is used. The uprights to support the netting are very 

 varied ; but one of the cheapest and most useful 

 consists of a piece of square wood about 2-| inches in 

 diameter. This is pointed at one end, so that it can be 

 easily driven into the ground, but the chief thing is to 

 have a picture- hook at the top and bottom of the 

 stake, the top one with the hook turned upwards, and 

 the bottom one with the hook turned downwards. The 

 distance between the two hooks should be about four 

 inches wider than the netting, so that the netting, is 

 stretched when fixed to the stakes. These hooks are, 

 of course, intended to obviate the necessity for fixing 

 the netting to the stakes by the use of wire, staples, or 

 string. 



THE FOLDING OF CATTLE 



Whilst the folding of sheep has long been practised, 

 a like custom as regards cattle seems not to have been 

 applied. True, on the Continent, where years ago 

 they realised what a far greater revenue can be 

 obtained from soiling than from grazing cattle, dairy 

 cows especially, the cattle are all tethered in the fields, 

 and the stuff carted to them. This system, the writer 

 has also tried, but not with very good results. 



Again, even where he has succeeded in getting the 

 cattle accustomed to the idea of being tethered, the fly 

 trouble in summer time (which perhaps does not 

 obtain in Continental countries) has rendered the 

 system of tethering impracticable. 



The system followed by the writer now is to use 

 movable fences. About an acre of the crop is first 

 cut off and fed out in an adjacent pasture. Directly 

 this acre is cleared a movable fence is erected separ- 

 ating the growing crop from the part which has been 



