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THE DOMESTIC SHEEP. 



Rule 9. This last rule is to be understood to apply 

 not only to number, but to every other condition of the 

 flock. "Whenever the shepherd sees his sheep let him count 

 them." This includes a close examination of the condition 

 as well as to the numbers. 



MR. J. E. WING'S BARN. 



Economy is always in order, and a cheap and com- 

 modious barn for a small breeding flock, designed by Mr. 

 Wing is here described and illustrated. It is a noteworthy 

 commendation of this design that it has been adopted by 

 the Ohio Experiment Station. 



Fig. 6. Fig. 7. 



The posts, AA. are 8 feet tall, and in my bam will very 

 probably be round white oak posts, set in the ground. They 

 will not rot off in iny timf , and when they do my boy can 

 saw them off and set them on stones. 



The posts, BB, are ten feet high above ground. This differ- 

 ence in height is made to allow a driveway through the 

 building. This is not necessary in all cases, and it may be 

 that J. R. D. will prefer to take in his hay at the end of the 

 barn, and have his mow floor level, in which case the posts 

 will all be of the same height. 



The plates, C C D, are of joist, 2x8, and are double, that 

 is. one is notched in on each side of the post as shown at 

 Fig. 6. These notches are cut just deep enough to leave 

 4 inches of wood and of space between the joists; the 

 braces then pass up between the double plates and are 

 firmly spiked to them. At the foot of the braces the post 



