PLENTY TO EAT AND DRINK. 



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improve the quality of the mutton. After making one cross 

 with the South Down, I would return to the long wool rams 

 and proceed as before. In this way we get the most desirable 

 wool and mutton sheep for this climate without great expense. 

 Below is a drawing of an excellent rack for feeding sheep. 

 It consists of a box 16 feet long, 2^ feet wide, and 8 inches 

 deep. At the top of this box on each side is a rack, like a lad- 

 der lying on its edge, which may be opened to receive the 

 hay, and closed while the sheep are feeding. The rounds of the 

 ladder should be far enough apart to allow the sheep's head to 

 pass through, and close enough together to keep the hay in. 

 Fig. 1 shows the rack open to receive the hay. Fig. 2 shows 

 the same closed. A post on each side of the rack keeps it from 

 opening too far. Sheep will waste less hay and get less of it 

 into the wool of their necks with this rack than with any I 

 know of. 



PLAN OF AN EXCELLENT RACK FOE FEEDING SHEEP. 



