Equipment. 



Feed racks should be built to prevent chaff from getting into th< 

 fleece of sheep. Any rack that will allow the sheep to shake am 

 root into the hay will result in dirty and shabby fleeces. Such fleeces 

 are termed "unmerchantable/' and bring from one to two cents 

 a pound. The rack illustrated in Fig. 19 has a box beneath which pn 



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Fig. 17. Floor plan of a sheep barn, (Canadian Bulletin No. 12).* 



vides a means of feeding corn silage, roots and grain in the same racl 

 with the hay. Boxes should be provided for salt which should be kept 

 before sheep at all times. For a large flock, watering troughs should 

 be provided, but for small flocks, buckets may be used. As shown in 

 the illustration (Fig. 20), temporary lambing pens can be arranged, 

 consisting of hinged panels four feet long and two and one-half feet 

 high. 



*Drawn by the Division of Farm Mechanics of the Dept. of Agronomy. 



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