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notch where the end pieces cross. Through the end of this top board 

 a nail should be driven, otherwise the piece outside the notch will 

 break oil' and cause the hurdles to work endways in their supports. 



The hurdle just described can be used for fencing off parts of 

 forage-crop pastures, though ordinarily woven-wire fencing that can 

 be rolled up and used wherever needed is more satisfactory for field 

 use. Woven wire used for this purpose can be stretched from per- 

 manent solid posts and supported at inter- 

 vals by light sharpened posts stapled to the 

 wire. For this purpose the iron standard 

 shown in figure 29, which is in use at the 

 Illinois Experiment Station, is a valuable 

 piece of equipment. The upper end of the 

 iron is passed through the lower wires and 

 has a groove to hold the top wire in posi- 

 tion. The post is set with the double foot at 

 right angles to the direction of the fence. 



Many British shepherds and a few in 

 America use a hurdle of the type shown in 

 figure 30 when grazing sheep upon rape or 

 other forage. These hurdles are made of 

 iron and permit the lambs to pass through 

 and make use of the better grazing. They are moved forward when 

 the older sheep have eaten all the forage behind them. One or 

 two extension hurdles, such as the one shown in figure 32, are very 

 useful in the sheep barn where it is desired to form a temporary 

 pen to close an alleyway or to close a doorway without excluding 



FIG. 34. 



water 



FIG. 35. Methods of marking sbeep : a, label ; 6, notching ; c, tattooing. 



the air. A light frame about 10 feet long with chicken wire 30 

 inches wide stretched over it is convenient for use in moving sheep 

 around pens or holding a small lot in a corner of a field or pen. 



MISCELLANEOUS EQUIPMENT. 



DIPPING VATS. 



Full descriptions of various styles of dipping vats and directions 

 for the construction of permanent tvpes are contained in Farmers' 



