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THE PEOPLE'S FARM AND STOCK CYCLOPEDIA. 



the girts to haul out the manure. The building should be long 

 north and south, as affording more protection to the yard from 

 storms. The east side can be left open, if desired. The manure 

 may be thrown out through large doors on the back side ; but it 

 is better to arrange to drive through lengthways with a team. 



A good form for a sheep-house, designed also for the storing 

 of hay, is, a main building sixteen or twenty feet wide, as long 



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GROUND PLAN OF SHEEP HOUSES AND YARDS. 



8 8. stables; H H. Haymows; Y Y. Open yards, protected on outside by a picket fence, P P P, 

 made dog proof; W T. Water trough; d d d. Doors; g g. Gates; F. Feeding yard; 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, Feed- 

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and high as desired, with a wing or shed on each side twelve 

 feet wide. After the hay is settled a hole can be cut with a 

 cutter through which the hay can be dumped down into a cen- 

 tral rack into a dumping-pen, from which to be distributed ; or 

 it may be thrown down at the sides into the wings, falling into 

 racks placed along underneath. Swing-doors are objectionable 

 in a sheep-house; hoisting-doors or sliding-doors are better, es- 

 pecially when it is necessary to give speedy exit to a large flock. 

 All grain-troughs or water-troughs inside the house are faulty, 

 unless constructed to swing down on hinges ; otherwise they col- 



