FARM IMPLEMENTS AND BUILDINGS. 



they can be kept in separate pastures. For winter 

 feeding, sheep (particularly lambs) give good re- 

 turns when properly managed. In the hrst place, 

 they require a dry building with plenty of light and 

 fresh air. See Elevation jj. 



In deciding on the size of a building, allow from 

 twenty to twenty-five square feet for each animal, 

 according to the size. For the best average results 

 there should not be too many together. A flock of 

 sixty sheep will require a building thirty by sixty 

 feet, with a passage on one side of five feet, leaving 



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Plan of 

 Building. 



36. SWINGING STANCHION. 



an inside space of fifty-nine by twenty-three feet for 

 the sixty sheep. This should be divided into four 

 compartments (see Ground Plan jy) of fourteen by 

 twenty-three feet each in the clear, which is ample 

 for fifteen sheep. The centre is a plain partition, 

 while the other two answer the double purpose of 

 partition and feed rack. See III. 38. The bottom 

 of the rack is a plank, sixteen inches wide, raised 

 from the floor eight inches, and on each edge a six- 

 inch board is nailed, projecting above the plank four 

 inches, to form a trough. Another six-inch board 

 is made stationary, and parallel to form top of rack, 

 leaving a space between of two and a half feet. The 

 uprights are inch boards, eight inches wide and three 

 feet long, nailed at the bottom and top, leaving 



