BREEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP. 



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an acrid principle they contain when first pitted. They are best when 

 used after the Swedes are exhausted. 



XIV. Sheep Barns. 

 These need not be expensive structures, since it is only necessary to 

 provide shelter that v^^W keep out wind and water, and at the same tune 

 admit of proper ventilation. Ventilators for the escape of foul air must 

 be provided at the peak of the roof, and sliding doors and windows are 

 needed to allow the ingress of air, according to the wind and temperature. 



BLACK-FACED RAM. 

 Champion and First Prize Black-Faced Ram, Glasgow. Scotland. 



Let there be a passage-way through the center, if many sheep be kept 

 wide enough to admit a wagon-say nine feet-for ease in feeding and 

 cleaning On each side of this pa.ssage should be the racks and troughs 

 for feeding, the pens being arranged so as to accommodate about twenty- 

 five sheep each. In very severe weather this passage may be used lor 

 sheltering sheep kept in open sheds, if necessary. The illustration shows 

 one of the simplest forms of shelter, a structure of poles covered 

 with hay. 



