in eating hay, and then in turn are a 1x6, a five-inch space and another 

 1x6, making the total heighth of hurdle before mentioned. 



The two enclosures mentioned above were made contiguous. On 

 the dividing line were placed water troughs fourteen feet long and a 

 salt trough fourteen feet long. Both lots used the same troughs for 

 water and salt. 



Grain was fed in a small separate enclosure into which either 

 group of lambs could be turned by opening a gate-panel arranged 

 conveniently for the purpose. By feeding each lot in turn, one small 

 enclosure and a minimum number of troughs were made to serve both 

 bunches of lambs. A cut of the trough used will make clear the gen- 

 eral features of construction. It is important that the trough swing 

 free on a bolt or spike at each end. This permits the trough to be 

 turned over after, each time of feeding to empty out the refuse mat- 

 ter from the feed and to protect the trough during the interval between 

 feeding periods from rain, dust or snow. Lambs do much better if 

 given hay, grain and drinking water in the cleanest manner possible. 

 A bill of material of various sizes and lengths to build a grain feeding 

 trough of size to accommodate twenty lambs, follows: 



1 piece of 2 x 4, 14 feet long. 

 4 pieces of 2 x 4, 2*/2 feet long. 



2 pieces of 2 x 4, 10 inches long. 



z pieces or z x 4, 1U mcnes long. 



1 piece of 1^x12, 14 feet long. 



2 pieces of 1 x 4, 14 feet long. 



2 pieces of 1 x 4, 14 inches long. 



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2 bolts 



The hay was fed on the ground on the outside of the panels, the 

 lambs reaching through the lower opening in the panel to obtain it. 

 In good weather hay for two to five days feeding can be arranged in 

 shocks at convenient intervals around the enclosure. From these piles 

 the lambs are supplied with fresh hay morning and night. At noon no 

 new supply is given, but that left from the morning feed is turned 

 enabling the lambs to get desirable portions beyond their reach or 

 covered up. Stems refused or hay spoiled in the stack or made un- 

 palatable by exposure to rain or snow should be removed each four to 

 ten days. 



The enclosures should be bedded with straw when the lambs are 

 put in and fresh straw supplied as often as necessary to keep the lambs 

 clean and dry. At the end of from 90 to 120 days, this straw and the 

 droppings will be found to make a compact covering for the entire 

 yard space of from six to ten inches of very rich manure. The panels 

 should be removed and piled up after each year's feeding. This makes 

 it more convenient to remove the manure, helps preserve the hurdles 

 and enables the space to be used for the greater portion of the year 

 for other purposes. 



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