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down until the slop is emptied in. This cover is held up by 

 hooks and staples when feeding ; but this is very little used, 

 as hogs soon become docile v/hen fattening. On the outside in 

 front is a platform one plank wide, running the entire lengtii 

 of the pen. This platform is about a foot high, and is used to 

 walk on to deliver the slop or other feed. Cooked grain is 

 almost entirely discarded in our neighborhood, most farmers 

 using it in the raw state. Some prefer having it ground, and 

 soaking it, whilst others are ju&t as successful when tliey soak 

 the grain whole. When the weather is cokl, I lay aside all 

 theories, and feed shelled corn, or corn in the ear. 



SHEEP SHED. 



My sheep shed fronts to the south, and is sixteen by 

 twenty-four, eight feet high in front, with a shanty roof about 

 one-quarter pitch, making it four feet high behind (or the back 

 part). The yard in front is close boarded, four feet high, 

 about double the capacity of the shed. When the nights are 

 very cold, I turn them all into the shed. My door is divided 

 in two, so that the upper part can be left open for ventilation, 

 and for light. I have one board in front, hung on hinges, 

 which can be held up by the hooks and staples for the same 

 purpose — light and ventilation. During the Winter I let ray 

 sheep out at noon time, and turn them in again at or before 

 sun-down. When the weather is not severe or stormy, I leave 

 the door of the shed open, so that they can use the yard or 

 shed at their own pleasure. 



RACKS. 

 My racks for feeding are on the back part and one end, about 

 three and a half feet high, and flare a little at the top. The sec- 

 ond board from the bottom is also left out. I have also a ])oard 

 left open on one side of the yard for the sheep to eat out of. 

 My feed boxes run through the center of the shed, just high 

 enough for them to eat out of. They are shallow, and not 

 wide enough to tempt them to jump into. There should be 

 two or more, as that allows alleys for them to pass through. 

 This is a cheap shed. A more costly one might have more 



