HHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 



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tral opening. It would be mei-ely a dense clump of evergreen trees, foi 

 the sheep to take refuse under in storms of rain, and it might be suiTound- 

 ed («n the outside with a tight board fence or stone-wall, if much exposed 



THE INSIDE CIRCUr.AR STELL 



to the sweep of cold winds. As the sheep would lie among the trees, a 

 clump 50 or 60 feet in diameter — though 100 feet would be better — would 

 ■uffice for 100 sheep. 



Fig. 43. 



THE CIRCULAR STELL FITTED UP WITH HAT-RACKS. 



But in determining upon the best winter shelters, for the varior.s re 

 ^ons in the South, the fact must not be lost sight of that cold rains, ci 

 rains of any temperature, when immediately sticceeded by cold or freezing 

 weather, or cold, jncrcing winds, are more hurtful to sheep than even snow- 

 BtDrms — and that consequently sheep must be adequately guarded againsi 

 them. There must also be suitable shelter from any storms to which the 

 country is subiect, in the lamhing season. Any person with the least ex- 

 perience can determine whether an inclosed clump of trees will answer 

 ihese purposes, in his own immediate region. 



I think it very probable that in the Gulf States, and some of the lower 

 Atlantic ones — particularly ir regions near the ocean — these tree covi'ttsii 



