202 Western Live-stock Management 



Corrals. 



Corrals are very necessary in handling sheep for any 

 purpose. They are best made of one-inch to six-inch 

 material, dressed on one side, and the fences should be at 

 least three or four feet in height. Such a corral is very 

 convenient for sheep that are to be sold or for sheep that 

 require treatment for foot-rot or various other ailments. 

 It is a poor practice to catch a sheep in the open field. A 

 sheep caught in an inclosure realizes that its liberty is 

 limited and does not make such an effort to get away. 

 It, therefore, is not frightened and does not have the 

 opportunity of causing disturbance among the remainder 

 of the flock. The corrals can be built as lots around the 

 sheds or barns and therefore need not be considered as 

 extra equipment, but they should be small enough that 

 any of the flock can be caught without much disturbance. 



Sheep fencing. 



Portable sheep fencing is at times very convenient. 

 Such a fence may be made out of lumber in the form illus- 

 trated in Fig. 20. The panels are made out of one inch 

 by four inch or one inch by three inch material, fourteen 

 to sixteen feet long. The standards are of the same mate- 

 rial and made in the form of a triangle. The panels are 

 set in these triangles or braces, the ends of two panels 

 sitting in one standard. Another kind of portable sheep 

 fence is made of woven wire and stakes. Woven wire and 

 stakes can be moved as conveniently as the portable panel 

 fence, and when it is up if the wire is stretched, it makes 

 a better appearance and is a more serviceable fencing. 

 For any fence less than ten rods, the panels are good, but 

 for a longer fence the woven wire is better. 



Lack of adequate fence has been one factor in the decline 



