A Sheep "Rub."
A sheep rub in the paddock in which stock graze is a great preventive against loss from the sheep getting cast. A fat sheep, especially a full-fleeced one, is more apt to get cast than a poor one. As they arc* wider on the back they can't get up as easy. Often they lie there and die before they are noticed.
This "rub" is made by drivingtwo stakes in the ground ; then take a pole 12 feetvlong and fasten it to the stakes so that all sizes of sheep can rub their backs against the underneath side of the pole. This device should b9 in every sheep paddock. 1 have never had a sheep cast since I invented this rub, remarks a correspondent in "Farm and Dairy."
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Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 July 1914, Page 8
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130A Sheep "Rub." Kaipara and Waitemata Echo, 24 July 1914, Page 8
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