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erection of barns and framed sheds, the writer would recom- 

 mend the following: — For the consumption of 100 sheep, 

 during the foddering season, two large stacks of hay are 

 necessary ; let those be placed in a north-east and south- 

 west line ; and when they are about to be built, place two 

 poles 35 feet each in length on the top of the stack pens, 

 the centre of the poles to be supported by strong crotches. 

 Before winter the hovel may be completed by putting rails 

 crosswise of the poles to support the straw necessary for the 

 roof; the back can be made of common boards, or by placing 

 rails or poles parallel, and about one foot apart, and stuffed 

 with old or partly rotted straw. This description of hovels 

 are warm, and made in a very brief time. Wind-breakers 

 may be built at right angles of the hovels, of the materials 

 and manner as the back of the hovel, which afford much 

 protection from winds when the sheep are feeding. 



The following plans of sheep-barns are submitted, and 

 which were selected from a large number forwarded to the 

 writer, nearly all of them possessing considerable merit. 



Fig. 1 represents a side-hill barn with underground apart- 

 ments, which are unquestionably warmer for sheep than any 

 other, and probably can be erected at as little expense. 

 Where, however, it is not feasible to build after this model, 

 the kinds represented by Fig. 2 and 3 may be substituted. 

 In regard to Fig. 2, the carriage-house and horse stable may 

 be dispensed with, and a shearing and wool house substi- 

 tuted. 



DESCRIPTION OF FIGURE 1. 



BY M. Y. TILDEN, OF NEW LEBANON, COLUxMBIA CO., N. Y. 



A. Well with pump. 



B. Water tubs. 



C. Boxes for hay 4 by 6 ft. directly under a trap-door, through which hay is 

 thrown from the mow; this prevents the sheep running into it before feeding, and 

 also keeps the dust and seed out of the wool. 



D. In this section is a shearing floor, 13 by 40 ft., and wool room 14 by 18 ft., 

 plastered. 



Racks are placed around the sides of each apartment. 



