TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 489 



inside photo you will notice ladder in middle of barn going up this feed- 

 way down through which the hay etc., comes. 'The hay drops into the al- 

 ley-way 4 feet wide which you will see runs full length of barn. In addi- 

 tion to being a place separate from the sheep through which all feed can 

 be carried the alley-way is very convenient and clean for visitors to see all 

 the sheep. Feed racks are made according to our own desires and ideas, 

 being a combined one for both grain and hay. The bottom is a board 

 ten inches wide, having a 3-inch piece nailed on each side. This bottom 

 will then hold grain roots and the like. The upright pieces nailed to this 

 are 1x4 inches and 18 inches long nailed to a 1x4 top piece running length- 

 wise. That makes a hay-rack 10 inches wide and 18 inches high which is 

 sufficiently large to hold all hay the flock will eat during a night. From 

 experience we have learned that it is poor policy to place large quantities 

 of hay before sheep. Feed just what will be regularly eaten and then the 

 rack can be cleaned for grain. 



If for field ewes or rams and they are not fed grain, the troughs even 

 then should be cleaned each time before putting in fresh hay. 



All wood material used in these racks, and for all other inside work 

 should be planed smooth so the fleece will not be continually roughed up. 

 We have found these to be very desirable and serviceable racks and they 

 have been copied by many "Clover Hill" visitors. We erect them station- 

 ary full length of barn on each side of alley-way (or walk-way), except 

 where little doors open into each pen. This barn being 36 feet wide gives 

 us a 16-foot space on each side of the 4-foot alley-way. We make these 

 trough-racks of the right length to extend from the outside wall of barn 

 to the trough next to alley-way but do not fasten them so securely but 

 that they can be removed so pens can be made any desired size. Regularly 

 we place them crosswise 16 feet apart and that makes pens practically 16 

 feet square. The upright pieces in troughs are 10 inches apart so a sheep 

 can get its head in and out easily. We believe that is the correct space 

 between uprights. As there is trough space on three sides of each pen it 

 leaves space for about 40 sheep to eat in each pen 16 feet square which 

 is as large a number as would be put there for shelter. There is a little 

 gate on hinges from each pen to the alley-way and that makes easy what 

 sorting or changing you might wish to do at any time. 



In the outside photo at the end of barn you will notice the open door 

 about three feet from the ground. It is at the alley-way end and when 

 a wagon is backed up to it the wagon-box bottom is just level with barn 

 floor thereby enabling us to drive sheep from any pen through the alley- 

 way into the wagon without lifting. The barn foundation is of crushed 

 rock and cement, 5 feet high, and the earth was not fully graded up to 

 this end of barn. To each 16-foot pen there is a large door from the out- 

 side, also a window. This permits the driving of sheep in or out of any 

 pen without disturbing the others and is also convenient when hauling 

 the manure from each pen. 



During the heat of summer a blind is placed over the windows to keep 

 the sun's rays out and both top and bottom of doors are fastened open 

 and a slat door is placed on the inside. The air must be let right down 

 to the sheep, it being far from proper to follow the general practice of 



