Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1910-07-21
coyote Proof Pasture
 Succeeds in Colorado

'' - IT, Idt IOf. or Man
 N itA highly satisfactory results
 -hi eAp4riment begun by the r. s. De
 garment Of Agriculture on the Wal
 'e"" National Forest, in Oregon. {,
 05scoFer whether sheep could be ad
 |ahtageously pastured within sac1 >'H enclosure, led Mr. Taylor to eiv. ] 'h7 heW method trial. The ont
 come IS Set forth in letter to tn,
 HaPaFtment, as follows:
 Aftef reading the description e
 }0Ir coyote-proof fence in Oregon.
 constructed a fence to enclose abour '49 acres i'll the same manner. Tht
 lthce was constructed during the fal
 of I9oS, and in the spring of 1909 ant
 l9IV one thousand head of ewes
 Were lambed in this enclosure h the Eernacular of the herder, ''one hundred per cent of the lambs were 'aVed' that is a lamb to each eve
 dna one man did all the work 'l.dlh the percent of the lambs would nave been higher, but one animal presumably coyote. was inside wben 'he renee was constructed. It was impossible to capture this animal ev- eh With hounds. Some of tho bora
 thought the animal was not a coyote, but since coyote tracks were found i'll several places I am of inc oe3Alon that it was. Whatever the animal vas t raised it's young inside the enclosure" :"
 connecting his loss with the rapa c-tE of this animal, Mr. Taylor says:
 great many of the lambs were kl.Ied and a small hole eaten behind the foreleg and the remainder of the carcass was untouched. On the land outside Of the enclosure it required the services of three men and a pack ot hounds to care for one thousand ewes, and only 95 per cent of the lambs Ware saved. This per cent could not have been saved without the ass stance of the hounds.
 T consider this fence a splendid investment since it easily pays for it. sself in three years. On the other hand, it is often difficult and some- times impo sible to get men during the lambing season. For this reason he money value of the fence can hardly ba estimated.
 The Department of Agriculture en- tered upon the experiment of enclos- ng sheep range within a fence which would turn stock destroying animals n the belief that this method would save forage as well as stock and wages. This belief has been fully justified by the results. The Ore gon enclosure carried more sheep than an equal area of range of the same quality outside, produced hea- vier lamb crop, heavier sheep, and more wool. and at the same time re- suited in better condition of tile ,ange itself These advantages are 1ue to the different behavior of sheep oastured within such an enclosure rom that of sheep herded in the or linary way.
 When a band of sheep moves about in charge of herder, it must be Kept from scattering much. As a result much of the forage is wasted throug1 ,rampling. Within an enclosure however, the sheep soon learn to spread out and shift for themselves. finder these conditions it is not to be wondered at that a given area SUD- ports more sheep, puts them in bet Ter condition, and suffers less wear and tear The success of the ne" method, however, depends on the ex- of all dangerous animals within the enclosure, and on the maintenance of fence which will keep off outside attacks.
 MT. Taylor believes that the Wallo- wa plan of construction is open 10 in one particular. He advocates placing a barbed wire on he ground before the woven wire IS nnrolled, and stapling it down. T ,xpect to build another enclosure ,oon,'' his letter concludes, "and Will nave a barbed wire stretched around he enclosure and have the men place heir foot on the wire and press :" ,,osc n the ground and staple it. With he fence already constructed it seenl- d almost impossible to get the wire as close to the ground as is neces- .arv on account of the uneven sur ,o o,