A SHELTER-RING FOR STOCK.
(Extract from State Forest Circular No. 25, “ Farm Shelter.”)
Where close shelter is required for a limited number of animals, such as a herd of cows or a mob of newly shorn sheep, the idea presentedin the accompanying diagram should prove to be of practical use.
A dry hillock should be selected, or, if such is not available, the highest part of the paddock. First set out a circle enclosing sufficient space to accommodate the stock to be sheltered, then erect two fences round the circle 20 ft. apart, with gateway facing north. Before closing the fences, plough and cultivate the area to be planted. Midway between the fences, plant a row of conifers (species according to soil and climate), and against each fence a hedge of barberry, eleagnus, or boxthorn, &c. (also according to soil and climatic conditions). Once established, this shelter-ring should require only an occasional examination during the planting season to replace any failures.
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New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 20 July 1929, Page 47
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161A SHELTER-RING FOR STOCK. New Zealand Journal of Agriculture, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 20 July 1929, Page 47
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