148 MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



troubles follow. The safe rule is to allow the ewes free 

 access to the yards day and night, except when the 

 weather is stormy. In cold climates such housing, given 

 with the best intentions, has worked great harm to the 

 flocks. But it is possible to winter ewes successfully by 

 keeping them in reasonably warm and well-ventilated 

 barns all the winter. 



