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lifted from its place and hung up on the wall out of the way. It 

 is used for separating the sheep as they come into the shed. 



"One of the greatest conveniences of this shed is the arrange- 

 ment to separate the sheep without catching them. It is not only 

 tedious work to catch sheep, but it is often injurious to ewes heavy 

 in lamb. When sheep come into the shed, the shepherd can take 

 his place at the x mark in pen H and with his hand on gate 11 

 can turn the ewes either to the upper or lower side of the shed. 

 All ewes with young lambs and those expected to lamb in a few 

 days may thus be separated from the flock and fed differently. 

 With his left hand he can manipulate the gates 12, 13 and 14 by 

 means of wooden rods fastened to the top of the gates by a mov- 

 able joint. These rods lie close at hand on the partition of the 

 pen in which he stands. 



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Ground Plan of Doctor Arbuckle's Sheep Barn. 



"When a sick ewe comes along he can turn her to the lower 

 side by gate 11 and then by pushing gate 12 open, she must enter 

 pen H, the gate being pulled shut behind her, SO' that the other 

 ewes can pass on to compartment C. If it is a ewe with very 

 young twins, he can pass her into pen E. Thus without catching 

 a sheep, he can separate his flock just as he wants them, and do it 

 as the sheep come into the shed. A flock of ewes heavy in lamb 

 or with young lambs move into a shed slowly, so the shepherd will 

 have time to manipulate the gates. Until the sheep get anxious to 

 get into the shed in the winter, it is well to have a good collie dog 

 that has sense enough to work gently with the sheep to bring the 

 sheep in for you." 



A sheep barn which appeals to the writer as being, in many 

 ways, a very useful one is that belonging to Mr. Alex Lape, of New 

 York State, the dimensions and description of which in Mr. Lape's 

 own words are as follows: Length, 20x30; width, 20 feet; part 



