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MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



sions for the easy removal of the manure. Through the 

 gates which open from the paddocks into the yards, or 

 from the yards into the paddocks, ingress or egress is 

 easy. 



Fig. 17 gives the ground plan of a shed which will 

 meet the needs of a large flock kept under ordinary farm 

 conditions. It nearly incloses three sides of a rectangle 



or square, according as 

 the side wings are long 

 or short. The buildings 



A I | p. I at the corners are for 



the storage of fodder or 

 B ^ E " 8 ^>e.R e T to x Jj*"" grain. They are 24 x 



C'CCtC H/n CuTt . - - 



24 feet and the posts 

 are 18 feet high, but 

 these dimensions, as 



Lalso those submitted 

 later, may be modified 

 to meet more exactly 

 the requirements. But 

 there should always be 

 a proper relation be- 

 tween the storage room 

 in the buildings and the 



feeding requirements in the sheds. The two long sheds are 

 1 6 x 80 feet and the shorter one, which, of course, may be 

 larger, is 16 x 40 feet. The roof of the sheds between the 

 buildings for storage may be given but one slant, in which 

 case the height of the same at the rear plate does not 

 need to exceed 7 feet. But a ridge roof may be preferable. 

 When the sheds have a loft running along the whole of 

 the length, or a part of the same, and with sufficient 

 capacity to store enough litter to supply the flock during 

 all the winter, such storage will be found a great conveni- 

 ence during the period of winter feeding. When the roof 

 of the shed is given but one slant, the bedding may be re- 

 ceived into the loft through windows on the yard side. 



FIG. 17 PLAN OF SHEEP BARN WITH 

 YARD PROTECTION 



