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Hay and Corn Shed. (Fig. 11.) 



This was another sued that- was designed for the new Glenfield Veterinary 

 Station. The specifications for the job would be very similar to those for the 

 stables, &&, at Griffith (page 198). 



A- a matter of fact, the building referred to in this plan (Fig. 11) com- 

 prises one block with that shown in Fig. 7, the whole having been arranged 

 in that way to reduce the laDOur of cutting and distributing the feed to the 

 horses, so thai one man can manage the whole of the work. 



A Small Shearing Shed. (Figs. 12 and 13.) 

 The shed (erected at Temora Experiment Farm) was designed on the 

 [_-shape principle. It is built on piles and has an elevation of 4 feet. The 

 counting out pens have an easterly aspect, so that the sheep shorn in the 

 early morning may have the benefit of the sun. The ideal situation is on a 

 slope, but where the ground is flat the building will require to be raised. 

 When built on a slope, by making a slight excavation at the rear, the sheep 

 may be got into the shed on the ground level. But in situations where the 

 ground is flat, and the shed has to be built on piers, this will have to be done 

 by the means of ramp. With a natural slope, the space covered by the 

 boarded floor may be utilised as storage, whilst at the farthest point of the 

 incline may be erected the loading stage The sheep are got underneath 

 through a gate, which is situated to the right of the loading-race and under 

 the landing at the side entrance of the shed. The battens which comprise 

 the floor space set apart for the sweating and catching-pens are set | inch 

 apart, and in order to ensure firmness of tread for the sheep, are constructed 

 of pine laid alternately in widths of 3 x 1£ and 2 x l£. Allowing 4 square 

 feet per sheep as a fair basis, a shed of these dimensions would be capable of 

 holding "275 sheep on the battens and, roughly, 310 underneath the floor 

 space. Under anything like normal conditions with the number of shearers 

 that the shed provides for, it would be possible therefore to complete the 

 whole shearing without loss of time through wet weather. 



Tt would be hardly worth any shearer's while to engage to shear under 

 1,000 sheep. This number has therefore been made the minimum basis in 

 deciding the number of stands, and in working out proportionately the 

 various appointments of the shed. 



The main idea incorp rated in the plan was to have the whole interior 

 working of the shed immediately under notice. The wool tables and bins 

 are pi ced in close proximity to the shearing-board. The press is handy 

 so that from the corner of the shearing-board the combined operation of 

 shearii g, skirting, and classification of both fleeces and pieces, as well 

 as pressi g ^d branding of bales, come directly under observation. The 

 fleece bii'S are built m the line with the shearing-board, thereby the floor 

 space of the wool room is not encroached upon except for such work as 

 entails he handling of fleeces, and which it should be reserved for. The 

 wool ta le is placed immediately in front of the bins, and as the man 

 engaged there can also undertake the classing of the wool as the fleeces are 

 rolled, they may be at one pla,. ed in the bins. 



The rolling-table has been made 12 feet long x 4 feet 3 inches wide. At it, 

 all necks nd fore parts of the fleece nay be treated, while at the end, to the 

 right, under the window, another small table, with bins on each side, is 

 fixed, and where the breeches or posterior portions of the fleeces, on being 



