The Shepherds^ Guide* 4^ 



A. Barn, with cellar under it for roots. 



B. Carriage-house, 



C. Cider-house. 



D. Buildings of which the upper story serves 



for hay ; the lower story stables : sheep 

 houses and sheds open in front. 



E. Winter folds, about 50 feet wide and 150 



feet long ; with 



F. Sheds to the north of the folds, open in front, 



made with posts put in the ground, and 

 covered with straw. Each of these sheds 

 and folds will accommodate from 50 to 70 

 sheep. 

 H. These double lines represent small troughs 

 fixed to the fence, which separates the 

 folds from the road, for feeding the 

 sheep with grain, slop, roots, salt, &c. 



G. A road, 12 feet wide, so that a loaded cart 



can pass through it to charge the build- 

 ings marked D. 



I. Openings, with small gates from the folds, 

 through which the ilock confined in either 

 fold may be let out and fed with grain,. &c. 

 ^vithout being incommoded by too great a 

 number at one time, or mixing the flocks. 



K. Openings, with smuli gates into fields adja- 

 cent, to let the sheep out lor exercise 

 when the weather ptrmits. 



L. Openings from the sheep-houses. 



M. Barn-yard. 



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