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How THE FARM PAYS. 



feet high; the posts are eight feet apart and swinging doors are fixed 

 between each pair of posts. The doors are double, one hung 

 above the other, so that the upper or lower one, or both, can be 

 closed when desired. The doors are hung upon pins fitted into the 

 ends, as shown. Some of the pens may be enclosed and kept for 

 separating ewes from the flock at lambing time. The upper part of 



SHEEP BARN FOR A LARGE FLOCK. 



the barn is kept for fodder, and the interior arrangement and the 

 ground plan are here shown. In the rear of the barn, at A, is a 

 root cellar. At C, C, is the feeding passage, over which are hay 

 shutes to carry the hay into the rack, D, which opens into the stable 

 by lathed bars placed up and down. The bars are not more than, 

 three inches apart, to prevent the sheep from pushing their heads 



SWINGING DOOK FOB SHEEP BARN. 



through and tearing the wool from the necks. A feeding trough, E, 

 for grain or chopped roots, is under the hay rack, and is opened or closed 

 by a falling door or shutter, which, when open, is held by cords and 

 hooks to the sloping bottom of the hay rack. A stair-case or steps, 

 B, leads from the feeding passage to the hay floor, and the hay 

 should be so arranged as to leave a passage-way above. The hay floor 

 should be of matched boards to prevent dust and chaff from 

 dropping onto the sheep and getting into the wool. 



Although abundant ventilation is provided for by the ample doors 

 in front of the shed, it will, nevertheless, be advisable to have at least 

 two air-shafts from the stable to the roof. These should be about four 

 by six feet, and made of matched boards, some of which should be 

 hung on hinges and fastened by bolts, that they may be used to pass 



