BAKNS AND SHEDS. 



space thus gained furnishes additional shelter. This barn has the 

 advantage of being suitable for a cattle barn in case sheep-keeping 

 is abandoned for a 

 time, and is well 

 adapted to either west- 

 ern or eastern sheep 

 or stock farming. 

 As perfect cleanliness 

 and pure air are ne- 

 cessary to the health- 

 fulness of the flock, 

 the matter of litter in 

 the sheds and yards, 

 as well as the drain- 

 age of the roof and 

 floor, are to be well 

 provided for. Eaves- 

 troughs, gutters and 

 waste-pipes should be 

 provided and made 

 to discharge into a 

 drain, which will car- 

 ry the rain water be- 

 neath the ground, 

 away from the yard. 

 The litter should be 

 dry, plentiful, and of 

 a kind that is absorb- 

 ent. If plentifully 

 given, and if the right 

 kind, it may be allow- 

 ed to accumulate for 

 the whole whiter 

 without removal, and 

 in so doing there will 

 be less odor in the 

 shed than if it were 

 cleaned out weekly. 

 The litter and the 

 droppings are trod- 

 den down very compactly, and the mass being thus kept from 

 the access of air, only a very slow decomposition occurs which 

 gives off no more smell or vapor than can be absorbed by the fresh 



