SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



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nations. The sheds are not usually framed or silled, but are supported 

 by posts of some durable timber set in the ground. The roofs are formed 

 of boards "battened " with slabs. The barn has no partitions within, and 

 is entirely filled with hay. 



Fig. 38. 



SHEEP-BARN. 



There are many situations where these open sheds are very liable to ha\e 

 snow drifted under them by certain winds, and they are subject in all cases 

 in severe gales, to have the snow carried over them to fall down in large 

 drifts in front, which gradually encroach on the sheltered space, and are 

 very inconvenient particularly when they thaw. I therefore much prefer 

 sheep-houses covered on all sides, with the exception of a wide door-way 

 for ingress and egress, and one or two windows for ventilation when it is 

 necessary. They are convenient for yarding sheep, for the various process- 

 es where this is required, as for shearing, marking, sorting, "doctoring," 



Fig. 39. 



THE OUTSIDE STELL. 



&c., and especially so, for lambing places or the confinement of newly 

 shorn sheep in cold storms. They should be spacious enough, so that in 



