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It is instructive to note that the horses kept in them maintain 

 their health during the extremely cold winter in the same 

 excellent manner as they do in summer." 



Steers fed under sheds open to the south, with yards into 

 which they can freely go, have given better results in growth 

 and fattening than those kept in stalls in warm barns. 

 President Waters, while at the Missouri station, found 

 that steers fed in open sheds made an average daily gain of 

 1.9 pound, while those fed in the barn gained 1.7 pound. 



Fig. 165. The interior of a model sheep barn owned by Oakleigh Thome, of 

 New York. Photograph by courtesy of the owner. 



Those fed in the open shed required less feed for a pound of 

 gain than did the barn-fed cattle. It has been found that 

 the more farm animals have access to open air, and the less 

 they are confined in stables, the healthier they will be, and 

 the better use they will make of their feed. This especially 

 applies to horses, beef cattle, sheep, and hogs, that are above 

 weaning age. 



