EQUIPMENT FOR FARM SHEEP RAISING. 1 



CONTENTS. 



Page. 



Drawings and bills of materials 3 



Important features of buildings for sheep 6 



A barn for the exclusive use of sheep 10 



A combination horse, cattle, and sheep barn . . 13 



A closed sheep shed 15 



An open sheep shed 16 



A feed lot for fattening lambs. 



Feed racks .'....'... 



Grain troughs 



Lambing pens and creeps 



Fencing and hurdles 



Miscellaneous equipment 



Page. 

 17 

 18 

 21 

 32 

 23 



DRAWINGS AND BILLS OF MATERIALS. 



The object of this publication is to furnish a practical guide 

 for the equipping of farms for sheep raising. Wide differences 

 in climatic conditions render it impracticable to suggest a par- 

 ticular type of building for all sections; therefore a number of 





FIG. 1. Barn for the exclusive use of sheep. In requesting plans and bill of material for 

 this building, mention subject No. 685, serial Nos. 567, 568, and 569. 



types of barns and sheds are presented. In many cases it will 

 IK- found satisfactory to construct buildings as shown in the plans. 

 Where this is not advisable the essential features of arrangement 

 can be adopted with such alterations in detail as are rendered nee-, 

 essary by climatic or other fixed features. 



1 The author is indebted to Mr. Wallace Ashby of the Office of Public Roads and 

 Rural Engineering for assistance in the design and preparation of drawings and 

 descriptions of the buildings shown in figures 1 to 11. 



3 



