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MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP 



ments may be littered from a wagon driven in front of the 

 pens. The loft has a tight floor. 



Water is brought in by means of pipes connected 

 with the water system that supplies the buildings. In 

 the absence of such a system it could, of course, be in- 

 troduced through means of a well, a windmill and a tank. 

 It is drawn from hydrants into pails, as needed, and the 

 sheep drink from shallow buckets in the divisions. These 

 may be kept clean by overturning them daily. 



The silo, as will be observed, is circular. It is 24 feet 

 high and 12 feet across. The staves are 2x3 inches, and 



FIG. 19— SHEEP BARN AT THE MINNESOTA EXPERIMENT STATION 



these are tongued and grooved, which is not now consid- 

 ered necessary. It is girded around with 15 hoops of 

 %-inch band iron, 3 inches broad. Twelve hoops suitably 

 spaced would probably prove ample. The bottom hoop 

 is just above the floor and the distance between the hoops 

 increases somewhat as they extend upward. Hinged 

 doors open into a chute extending upward on the side 

 next to the feed room. These would better serve the pur- 

 pose if they were not hinged, but rather fitted in from the 

 inside, the edges being beveled. The size suitable for 



