EQUIPMENT FOR FARM SHEEP RAISING. 



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titions prevent light from passing from .one side of the building to 

 the other, and the low eaves shade the windows part of the day. The 

 hay mow, which has a capacity of 50 tons and is filled by a horse fork 

 and carrier, occupies the entire central part of the building from the 

 ground to the roof and also the space above the alleys and grain bins. 

 It is reached through four hay chutes, placed to make feeding easy. 

 The total capacity of the grain bins is 2,000 bushels, so that the barn 

 has x feed capacity enough to carry the stock on full feed for five 

 months. 



FIG. 18. A stationary or wall hay and grain rack. 



The estimated cost of this barn complete is $2,125, but this amount 

 is intended only as a guide, the actual cost varying with local prices 

 of material and labor and the amount of farm labor that is used. 



A CLOSED SHEEP SHED. 



Figures 8, 9, and 10 show a simple type of closed sheep shed which 

 is especially adapted for farms on which the main barn has large 

 feed capacity but not sufficient floor space for the live stock. Allow- 

 ing 12 square feet of floor space per animal, this shed will hold 26 

 sheep, which gives a space at the rack of almost 17 inches each. One 

 of the racks shown in figures 15 and 16 should be used in this shed, 

 and the feeding should be done entirely from the walkway in the 

 center so as to avoid disturbing the sheep. The large door at the end 

 of the rack is intended for taking in feed, which must be stored in 



