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Show MANNER OF CONSTRUCTING PRACTICAL SHEEP HURDLES Great Objection to Mori General Use of Devices Seems to lie Their Liability of mowing Over v Materials to be Used. The great objection to the more general gen-eral use of sheep hurdles seems to be their liability to blowing over. I submit sub-mit Illustrations of some that offer less resistance or are better fortified Against the effects of the wind, w rites Richard II. Mitchell in the Country Gentleman. Fig. 1, while not strictly a movable hurdle, Is, nevertheless, considered aa such, and is the one in most common com-mon use. I cun only give measurements measure-ments from memory, but should say that they were 10 feet long and 6 feet high when set up. The figure shown is made of sawed stuff, but they are more often made of split saplings; the construction, however, is precisely the same. Holes are made with a bar, and they are set end to end and pinned together at the top. These, like those supported on tho A crutch, form a perfectly straight fence, which Is not so proof against the force of the wind aa one built rig -tag or worm fashion. In Fig. 2 I have shown two panels that are intended to be set up In this manner. The Wt hand end of panel b slips In the right band end of panel a, and a section of the fence Is shown In Fig. 3. These panels are supposed to be 10 feet long and 4 feet high, and the lumber 1 by 6 Inch stuff, but these dimensions can be varied to siUt the idea of the user. With these dimensions, di-mensions, however, tho distance between be-tween the end uprights on panel ought to bo 11 Inches. On panel a the end uprights ought to be 15 Inches from either end. This ought to make tho fence worm about 4 feet. As can be readily understood, more or less worm will be given to tho fence by moving the second upright from either eud in panel a. A panel using wire Instead of lumber lum-ber seems desirable, and In Fig. 4 I have shown one that seems to me the most desirable, as combining the great- ijpilgf est strength with the Wat surface, and with the surface low. The panel, as there fhown. can be used on the A crutch. Fig. & shows it modified, to meet the requirements of a worm fence. Hy substituting a post In the place of the end uprights, you have tho Fig. 1 forms. In Fig. 5 you will notice that I am not sntiiiflcd with cleats, but have introduced a bar sliding in a slot on the front side of the end upright and on the back aide of the second up-right. up-right. This makes a complete lock, and seems to me quite essential on that style of fence. I should also rcc-omend rcc-omend the same device on the board panels, as on uneven ground one end might spring up and allow the panels to separate. Of course on this skeleton any kind of wire ran be used. Personally, I would not uso barbed wire of any sort as a gift. The illustration Is intended intend-ed to show a two strand twisted wire, placed six inches apart, which is much closi r tlmn It Is used i n longer stntches, but tlmt number of wires seems to in about rlht for a good Job. They might be pkued closer at the bottom and wider at the top, perhaps. per-haps. That hurdle (Fig. 4) made with 4-foot uprights and 14 lect Irom eud to tnd of upright, would weigh about 05 pounds, and cont about aa many cents for inatiiiul. Tho cost of th -P m , -t all- board one would not bo much different, dif-ferent, and It would weigh 40 pouuds more. As to manufacture, I should say, as has already been suggested, that pretty pret-ty clone to where tin y are to be used would be the best place to make them, as one freight on the material would he favod. Machinery does not enter very largi ly into tlielr construction; so nothing could be saved In that way. It ought not to require any great skill to saw up boards and nail them together, and also stretch wire on them. If that form was desired. In drawing these hurdles, I have allowed the cinter uprights to come down as far as the others; In practice, prac-tice, It might be found belter to miiko them shorter, i specially If they were to be set up on uneven ground. The diagonals In Fig. i, being on opposite sides of Inch uprights, will of course be au inch apart where they cross. I should not fill this In. but draw them together In nailing, as It will make tho frame all the stronger. Hemlock Is probably the best material for making these, and It would undoubtedly last enough longer to pay to have It dressed, dress-ed, if ordered in carload lots, enough would be saved In freight to pay fol the dresnlng. if the ends of the uprights up-rights that stand on the ground were dipped In hot coal tar, they would probably last as long as tho rest ol the panel. Fig. 6 shows an Iron that I think would be a great help in clinching the nails. A slot la cut in the end of a flat piece of iron, so that it will slip easily on the nail, and it Is beveled bev-eled from the slot to either edge. Hy slipping this on the nail, the end can be bent over at more than a right angle. The iron is then slipped back, as shown in the Illustration, and the nail bent over and driven Into the wood, as shown to the right. For fencing stacks and turning corners, both ends of the panels would have to bo alike, Instead of reversing, as shown In the cut. if this fence should prove reasonably w ind proof, It ought to solve a large problem In fence economy, econ-omy, as very much less fence would be needed If the fence could be easily moved from place to place as occasion demanded. It would lie absolutely w ind proof around a stsck If locked with the slid lug bar, and would have the advantage of being movable when the ground was frozen. Choking on Oatt. Some horse eat so greedily that they become choked on cats. We have one that troubled us In that way, so we often had to Bend for a veterinarian, veterina-rian, who Inserted a tube down her throat to dislodge the grain, says a writer In an exchange. loiter lie told us how to avoid the trouble in this way; lie advised us to place a dozen or more smooth stones, the size of a small hen's egg. In the feed box. taking tak-ing rare to have them well distributed through the oats. This compels the horse to eat less greedily, as be must eat carefully to avoid biting on the stones. We had no further trouble as long as we owned the horse. Succulent Feed for Cow . One of the most practical ways of supplying succulent feed for rows, when one lias only a small herd and does not have ensilage. Is by raising roots such as mangels, rutabagas or stock earrots. |