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without some shelter from wet. North of Dli- 

 nois, however, where rains are infrequent and 

 snows light and dry, sheds are sometimes dis- 

 pensed with, but that is really outside the corn- 

 belt. 



The character of the bam or shed used is 

 not essential. It may be a simple roof open 

 on two or three sides, to which hay will be 

 hauled on wagons from ricks. The writer has 



SIDE VIEW OF MODEL SHEEP BARN, SHOWING DOORS 



such a feeding plant and uses it to good -ad- 

 vantage. It may better be a bam of two stories, 

 the upper one stored with alfalfa or clover hay. 

 In the lower or ground story the lambs are fed. 

 Their part should be eight feet high in the 

 clear, all in one large room, which may be 

 divided as desired by use of racks or movable 

 panels. 



