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MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



The building was planned by the author with a view 

 to breeding and also to feeding sheep in an experimental 

 way. It is no feet long and 36 feet wide. The posts are 

 14 feet high, but should be 16 feet as designed by the 

 author. On one side of the front end entrance is a silo, 

 and on the other a wool room, which may also serve as a 

 shepherd's room in winter, should this be desired. The 

 next two apartments are lambing pens, one on either side. 

 The following divisions are for the sheep, on both sides of 



FIG. 13— GROUND PLAN OF SHEEP BARN AT THE MINNESOTA EXPERIMENT 



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the passage, which is 6 feet wide and runs from end to 

 end of the building, but not in the center. This was 

 planned so that the chutes which bring the fodders from 

 above would not interfere with the working of the horse 

 fork, when taking in food from the end of the building. 

 On one side of the passage five divisions are located 20x18 

 feet. These open into yards on the shady side of the 

 building. Sheep for experimental uses were kept in these. 

 On the farm such members of the flock as are not good 

 to produce lambs could be kept in them. They could be 

 reduced in size by placing the passage toward that side 



