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slats are of %-inch stuff 3 inches wide and are 

 spaced 6% inches apart. The top of the box should 

 be about 12 inches high. In this rack may be fed 

 any sort of grain or forage. The wide openings 

 between the slats permit sheep to thrust their heads 

 clear in and there they will stand quietly eating 

 until they have consumed the ration with little 

 waste, whereas if the vertical slats are placed close 

 together the lambs will pull the hay out, dropping 

 it beneath their feet. This is a cheap form of rack, 

 durable, easily made and as effective as any. The 



TWO VIEWS OF FEED-RACK. 



length should be to fit well with the type of barn 

 used, so that rows of these racks will, when re- 

 quired, make divisions or fit between the posts of 

 the basement. 



Now, with the feed racks in place, with water, 

 and the mow above stored with clover or alfalfa 

 hay, which should have been early cut, we are ready 

 for the lambs. First a word about the yard. It 

 should have in it about one-half greater capacity 

 than the roof covers, not more, and if it can be 

 sloping all the better. It should be well graveled 

 with rather coarse gravel, spread smoothly. If it 



