SQ Essai/ on Sheep, 



the sheep are very fond. This trough also 

 serves for turnips, bran, salt, ^c. and as the 

 extent is accommodated to the number of sheep, 

 they are equally fed, the strong having no ad- 

 vantage over the weak. On the outside of this 

 building all around, are boards hung upon 

 hinges, which serve to put the hay in which is 

 thrown from the barracks to the outside of the 

 sheep-fold. By this means the wool is kept 

 free from hay-seeds, which injure it very much. 

 Along the racks, for the distance of seven feet, 

 the building is floored, so that the sheep are 

 kept clean and lie dry. The yard is about 

 three-fourths of an acre, and is surrounded by 

 a high pale fence, that dogs may iind no ad- 

 mittance. In warm days, when the sheep are 

 out, the loop boards along the rick are turned 

 up, so as to let the wind pass freely under the 

 studs, and render the air fresh and pure. With 

 these buildino^s I am very little solicitous about 

 keeping away the rams till late in the autumn. 

 My lambs generally come in Marcli, and some- 

 times earlier, and by having an attentive shep- 

 herd, I have seldom lost many, even when, as 

 the year before last, by the severity of the wea- 

 ther late in March, my neighbours lost many 

 of theirs. 



The follpwing is the practice I would re- 



