THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



in the proportion of one part Portland cement 

 to one and one-half parts clean, coarse sand, is 

 then laid and roughed, to prevent slipping, be- 

 fore it sets. 



The building for sheep should be a shed-like 

 structure with sufficient loft room for the stor- 

 age of hay and straw, but so arranged with 

 folding doors that the south side may be thrown 

 wide open, permitting the sheep to go in and out 

 at will. A room must be portioned off and 

 made warm and sunny for the ewes to lamb in ; 

 and a separate pen should of course be provided 

 for the stock, the rams, and the lambs that are 

 being fattened. 



A poultry house should always face the south 

 and southeast; and if the shed roof type is de- 

 cided upon, the high side should be the south 

 side. There are numerous ways of building 

 poultry houses, but for practical commercial 

 purposes the style of house used by the Maine 

 Experimental Station is excellent in every detail. 

 This house is 20 feet wide and 400 feet long. 

 Three sills GxG inches run lengthwise, and the 

 central one supports the floor timbers. They 

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