THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



stables were thrown into one, making a gen- 

 eral sleeping place, twelve feet deep and thirty 

 feet long. Two more of the stables were 

 subdivided, by movable partitions, into pens 

 in which to segregate sheep at lambing time; 

 which gave us ample space for the proposed 

 flock, as the general estimate is twelve square 

 feet to a ewe. Three hot-bed sashes were let 

 into the end of the shed, and two into the large 

 sleeping compartment, as the original win- 

 dows were only two feet square. Probably 

 these additional windows were not essential, 

 but light and sunshine are one of my fads, 

 and we had lots of sashes, bought at an auc- 

 tion sale some time before. Two racks for 

 fodder, two shallow troughs for grain, and 

 one deep one for water constituted the fur- 

 nishings of the fold, and cost only three dol- 

 lars for timber, as Fred made them. 



The second essential was more difficult to 

 satisfactorily arrive at, for the books we had 

 all discussed sheep farming from the old 

 standpoint of mutton and wool a branch of 



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