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REN N IE S AGRICULTURE. 



Portable 

 Racks. 



Spaces between of seven inches for the sheep to put 

 in their heads and feed. Whether it be grain, roots, 

 or coarse fodder, each sheep secures an opening and 

 cannot be moved by another. The rack has an 

 opening at each end. The entrance next the passage 

 is for feeding, and the other is to- clean out the refuse 

 into the yard. See Plan 37. 



Portable racks made on the same principle are 



.i7. GROl-XD PI.AX OF SHEEP HOUSE. 



Scale rV inch to the foot. 



Construction of 

 Sheep House. 



convenient for feeding sheep in the yard or field. 

 See III. 38. 



An earth floor is all that is necessary for sheep. 

 From floor to ceiling should be ten feet. The length 

 of posts are sixteen feet from the ground to the 

 plate, and with a curb roof leaves ample provision 

 for clover, hay and other fodder. The stone or 

 concrete foundation should only rise a few inches 

 above the surface on which the posts stand. The 

 outside sheeting may first be inch boards, put on 

 horizontally and covered with tar-paper. Then 



