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MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



the passage and distributed from the same into any direc- 

 tion it may be desired. When but one tier of pens is 

 present the passage should be placed just inside of the 

 side wall on the shady side of the building. In that the 

 sheep may have access to the yards on the same side. A 

 passage thus placed may be a little narrower than a cen- 

 tral passage, as a less amount of food is fed from it, but 

 it should seldom be less than 6 feet. The passage should, 

 of course, extend through the wings. Figure 15 shows an 

 excellent form of sheep rack that may be at one or both 

 sides of the feed passage. 



A structure of two stories- — A^'hether the sheep shed 



should have one or 

 ../._,-—, — ^^^ stories will be 



determined, as inti- 

 mated elsewhere, by 

 the necessity that 

 exists for storing 

 food and bedding un- 

 der cover. In 

 climates in which 

 the rainfall is fre- 

 quent and copious in 

 winter, or in which 

 the snowfall is deep, 

 it is a great advan- 

 tage to have the 

 same under cover, 

 and in no other way 

 can such cover be 

 provided more 

 cheaply than through 

 a sufficiently commodious loft in a sheep barn. In areas 

 where the winter climate is dry and where but a limited 

 amount of feeding is called for, it is not necessary to build 

 sheds with two stories. Where much food is to be stored, the 

 two-story shed is economical of construction. It is specially 



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FIG. 15— PLAN OF A CONVENIENT SHEEP 



RACK, END VIEW 



(Courtesy Michigan Agricultural College) 



