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hurdles differ according to the section of the country. In 

 England one can see them made in woven sections, with 

 strong sharpened stakes at intervals, so that an area of 

 ground may be quickly enclosed for pasturing a flock. In 

 the sheep pens hinged, two-section paneled hurdles are a 

 great convenience for separating out individual sheep for 

 special purposes. Also, when of sufficient length, hurdles 

 may be used to divide yards or pens into smaller temporary 

 quarters. Hurdles for use in the pens need not be over 



Figure 173. — A re"\"ersible movable grain troughi for slieep. Reproduced 

 from Farmers' Bulletin 810, United States Department of Agriculture. 



thirty-six inches high, and should be constructed of light 

 strips of lumber, preferably about four inches wide, and 

 dressed down to seven eighths of an inch in thickness. 



Feed racks for sheep should be so constructed that the 

 seeds and chaff from hay or clover will not readily get into 

 the fleece. They may have either a solid front, except a nar- 

 row space of 4 inches through which the sheep may gradually 

 pull hay, or a slat face in its lower half, with solid board 

 front in the upper part. A popular combination hay and 

 grain rack may be like that on page 386, which is a V-form, 

 fitting into the center of a wide feed trough, with 4-inch strips 



