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 bam has no partitions within, and 

 is entirely filled with hay. 



ig. 38. 



SHEEP-BARN. 



There are many situations where these open sheds are very liable to have 

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

 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 thaio. I therefore much prefer 

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

 for ingress and egi-ess, 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 



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