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But few of our farmers are able to supply themselves 

 with large, expensive barns, such as are used by wealthy 

 flock- masters of the North, who sell sheep at from $25 to 

 $50 the pair, and it is therefore unnecessary to go into a 

 lengthy detail of such descriptions, for such buildings are, 

 owing to our mild climate, unnecessary. Rarely are our win- 

 ters so severe that the cheap shed previously mentioned will 

 not be found amply sufficient for all purposes. We shall 

 confine ourselves to recommending such accommodations as 

 are within the reach of every mau who is able to own a 

 flock of fifty or sixty sheep. A suitable site should be se- 

 lected, and it should, if possible, be situated on the crown 

 of an eminence, so that the water will flow in every direc- 

 tion from the barn. If no such place presents itself in a 

 suitable location, some point should be chosen with a south- 

 ern exposure. By all means avoid a north hill-side. Care 

 should be taken to avoid a marshy or "crawfishy" spot, as 

 no sheep c,m be kept in a healthy condition with wet feet 

 all the time, as has been explained in a previous chapter. 

 Then a yard should be laid off containing a half acre for 

 every fifty head of sheep, well fenced with planks or pick- 

 ets, care being exercised to have it dog proof. I have 

 already explained the convenience of erecting sheds around 

 on the inside of this fence, under which to place racks to 

 shelter their food. But these racks are not entirely suffi- 

 cient to protect sheep from the inclemencies of a winter. 

 Therefore, in addition to these racks and shelters, there 

 should be built a large shelter in the enclosure. It should 

 or can be made by simply setting posts in the ground, and 

 then covering with clap-boards; afterwards set a row of the 

 same boards, say four feet long, all around it, leaving the 

 space between the ends of the boards and the plate of the 

 shelter open, so as to admit free ventilation. The shelter 

 should have a steep roof for two reasons : In the first place, 

 .unless it is steep, the roof being large, will leak, making it 

 sloppy. Then it will, if steep, present a large store for the 



