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back on its hinges as when grain or roots are heing put in the 

 trough (c,) or the trough is being cleaned out. 



The advantages of this rack are, 1, That it prevents 

 crowding as well as the slatted box-rack ; 2, That it prevents 

 sheep from thrusting tteir heads and necks into the hay, as 

 they can do to some extent in the slatted box-rack, thereby 



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getting dust, hay-seeds and chaff into their wool ; 3, That it 

 almost entirely prevents the hay which is puUed from the 

 inside rack from being dropped under foot and wasted ; * 4, 

 That it combines the advantages of a good stationary feeding- 

 trough with the rack; 5, That the trough, apart from its 

 ordinary uses, is found very convenient to keep hay-seed out 

 of the manure when it is is desirable to do so, and to catch 

 and save hay-seed for use. 



"Water fob Sheep in Winter. — Sheep, and particu- 

 larly sheep fed with roots, will do very well in winter without 

 water if they have a constant supply of clean snow ; but that 

 supply can never be relied on. And when watered at a pump 

 or stream a portion of the time, they (particularly pregnant 



* a considerable qnantity is wasted from all slanting racks with small, close 

 rounds (lilie the inside rack /, in the cut ;) and some is thus wasted even from the 

 slatted box rack. A sheep on being jostled by another, steps back from the rack 

 frequently dragging out qmte a lock of hay, which is immediately trodden under foot 

 and hardly ever picked up. 



