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does may be turned out over a "jump board" placed 

 across the gate. A jump board is a two-inch plank, 

 eighteen inches high, with a four-inch strip nailed on 

 the top for the does to put their feet on as they jump 

 over. The kids come to the board but cannot get 

 over. If some of the larger kids bother by trying 

 to get over, some one can stand at the gate to scare 

 them back by pounding on the board with a stick. 

 The does will soon learn to pay no attention to the 

 noise. 



Even now there will be a few kids which will not 

 be mothered. Every morning, before the wet band is 

 allowed to go over the jump board, one should walk 

 through the herd, pick out the kids that have not 

 been nourished during the night, and select does that 

 are not suckling kids. These does should be held 

 until the kids have been fed. A row of small stan- 

 tions is a convenient thing for holding them. After 

 a kid gets a good start he will steal a living from dif- 

 ferent does if necessary. 



To kid a band of from one thousand to fifteen 

 hundred does by the corral method, will require at 

 least three men one man to herd the dry band, one 

 the wet band, and a man to look after the kids and 

 assist where needed. Often the wet band is divided, 

 or when one wet band has reached the number of 

 from five hundred to seven hundred animals, another 

 is started. 



