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FARM APPLIANCES. 



SHEEP BACK AND FEED-BOX. 



It is often inconvenient to go among the sheep in feed- 

 ing them, and there is always trouble from scattering 

 hay or feed about the enclosure or from the animals 

 getting out by the open doors or gates. Figure 13 

 shows how to feed from outside. The boarding of the 

 pen for about eighteen inches in width, and about six 



Fig. 13. FEED-BOX FOR SHEEP. 



inches from the floor is removed, leaving the bottom 

 board in place. Then upright slats are nailed across this 

 aperture inside the fold, allowing twenty to twenty-four 

 inches for each sheep. The slats should be nailed so that 

 an opening eight inches wide is left in the centre of this 

 space for the sheep to thrust their heads through. If 

 much narrower they will rub the wool off their necks. 



A tight feed-box with flat bottom and upright sides is 

 made of boards, and placed on the floor outside of and 

 against the slats, and fastened in place. A horizontal 

 swing door, two feet wide and the length of the feed 

 trough, is attached with hinges to the outside upper edge 

 of the feed box. Chains keep it from falling below a 



