4QO FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



are being fattened it may be different (see p. 395), unless 

 care is taken not to keep the sheds too warm. 



The following includes some of the essentials best 

 suited to furnishing shelter for a breeding flock of sheep: 

 (i) A well-ventilated building enclosed and facing on the 

 leeward side a sunny and protected yard; (2) except for 

 the lambing-pen it is not necessary to seek additional 

 warmth to that furnished by one thickness of matched 

 boards; (3) doors cut across the center and hung on the 

 yard side, to be kept open above or below as may be de- 

 sired; (4) a yard at all times -dry and kept well bedded 

 when occupied. For sheep that are being fattened an open 

 shed will suffice. 



An open shed will also suffice to furnish protection for 

 colts subsequent to the age of one year and for idle horses. 

 These should face protected yards, and the latter should 

 have communication with paddocks or pastures to enable 

 them at suitable times to take larger exercise. Work horses 

 and foals need enclosed quarters in winter. The former be- 

 ing tied, usually profit by blanketing in addition. 



Shelter for young animals. The degree of the shelter 

 required for young animals, more especially during 

 the first few days of life, is much greater than in 

 the case of animals that are older. This is true of all classes 

 of animals, as foals, calves, lambs and pigs, but it is by no 

 means equally true of them. The smaller the animal, the 

 larger relatively the amount of surface for the radiation of 

 body heat, and consequently the loss of heat is relatively 

 greater. The leaner the young animal is also, the more 

 intensified is this condition. 



Foals, of all young farm animals, can best endure 

 cold, owing first, to the greater relative size, and second to 

 the naturally more active habits which they possess. But, 

 in cold climates, the protection of an open shed which may 

 be ample for colts more than one year old, would not be 

 sufficient for the sucking foal. 



