SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



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tral opening. It would be merely a dense clump of evergreen trees, foi 

 the sheep to take refuge under in storms of rain, and it might be surround- 

 ed on the outside with a tight board fence or stone-wall, if much exposed 



Fia. 42. 



THE INSIDE CIRCULAR STELL. 



to the sweep of cold winds. As the sheep would lie among the trees, a 

 clump 50 or 60 feet in diameter though 100 feet would be better would 

 suffice for 100 sheep. 



Fig. 43. 



THE CIRCULAR STELL FITTED UP WITH HAT-RACKS. 



But in determining upon the best winter shelters, for the various re 

 gions in the South, the fact must not be lost sight of that cold rains, 01 

 rains of any temperature, wlien immediately succeeded by cold or freezing 

 weather, or cold, piercing winds, are more hurtful to sheep than even snow- 

 storms and that consequently sheep must be adequately guarded against 

 them. There must also be suitable shelter from any storms to which the 

 country is subject, in the lambing season. Any person with the least ex- 

 perience can determine whether an inclosed clump of trees will answer 

 ihese purposes, in his own immediate region. 



I think it very probable that in the Gulf States, and some of the lower 

 Atlantic ones particularly in regions near the ocean these tree coverts, 



