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 
