EQUIPMENT FOK FARM SHEEP RAISING. 



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It is usually desirable to feed grain to young lambs while they are 

 still suckling. For this purpose a " creep " which will admit the 

 lambs and exclude the older sheep is necessary. This may be arranged 

 by leaving some of the lambing panels in position after having had 

 the side facing the main pen equipped with a 12-inch opening that 

 can be closed with a sliding board. In large flocks a special small 

 pen can be arranged for the lambs' feed troughs. Upright slats, 

 or preferably rollers, as shown in figure 26, placed from 9 to 12 inches 

 apart admit the lambs. 



FENCING AND HURDLES. 



For inclosing sheep pastures and lots a fence that Avill exclude dogs 

 should be used. A less expensive fence would suffice for the sheep 

 themselves, though a flock may prove very troublesome if kept under 

 a poor fence that permits them to get into adjoining fields, thus form- 

 ing the habit of breaking out. The dog-proof fence shown in figure 

 27 is 57 inches high; the posts are 7| feet long, set 2^ feet in the 

 ground. Close to the ground is a tightly stretched barb wire, next 

 to which is a 36-inch woven- wire fence with 4-inch mesh, and above 

 this 3 strands of barbed wire. Where coyotes or other animals may 

 dig under the fence the barbed wire near the ground should be placed 



FIG. 31. Illustrating the use of the iron hurdle shown in fig. 30. 



