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to remove a circle of earth from around the window to 

 admit light as well as air. Further ventilation may be 

 secured by carrying cold air down through wooden box 

 tubes from the outside and warm air up by what is known 

 as the "King System" of ventilation. This whole ques- 

 tion, however, is even now much controverted. 



Plans of sheep houses The plans of sheep sheds are 

 many and diverse, and much may be said in favor of a 

 goodly number of these, could the necessary space be se- 

 cured. At this time, however, but three plans will be 

 submitted. These are intended : (i) To meet the needs of 

 an ordinary farm flock ; (2) to meet those of a large farm 

 flock; and (3) of a large breeding flock. These are of 

 simple construction, and experience has put the stamp of 

 approval on them. They are not submitted as absolute 

 guides, but rather to furnish ideas that may be found 

 helpful when sheep sheds are to be constructed. 



There are, of course, instances when sheds are not 

 necessary, or rather where it is possible to engage in cer- 

 tain phases of sheep husbandry in their absence. In the 

 dry and mild areas of the West they are frequently fat- 

 tened under the canopy of the skies. Even in areas with 

 winters cold and dry and with a snowfall not too heavy, 

 they are sometimes fattened without other shelter than 

 that of a grove. But in all, or nearly all, instances where 

 breeding flocks are kept under American conditions, it is 

 a great convenience, though not an absolute necessity, to 

 have a shed that will provide shelter and more or less of 

 storage for food. 



Fig. 16 submits the ground plan of a sheep shed 

 adapted to the needs of what may be termed an ordinary 

 farm flock. The building is 72 feet long and 24 feet wide. 

 It is divided into six equal parts on the ground floor, 

 excluding the passage which runs the whole length on 

 the one side. This passage, 4 feet wide, is designed to 

 afford easy access for the attendant from one division to 

 another, and it also affords a ready means of removing 



