until they are sold in the spring. Of all my 

 feeding yards and stables, I always find that these 

 second-story sheep do the best. The lower part 

 of this building has manure piled under it in 

 summer, as I always like to have what manure is 

 not used in the spring under cover through the 

 hot weather; it is taken out clean in the fall, 

 and the shed arranged the same as the upper 

 part, and, together with an open yard about 

 twenty-four by sixty feet, holds sixty sheep. 

 These sheep always have the run of this yard 

 with the shed, except when it is stormy, and then 

 they are closely confined to the shed. 



The next in order is a small shed in rear of 

 No. 1, about ten by twenty feet, in which stock 

 rams are kept. The next is another low shed 

 west of barn, about fourteen by twenty-four feet, 

 for breeding ewes. Both these sheds have small 

 yards attached for good weather, are used in 

 summer for piling manure under, are cleaned out 

 in the fall, and receive, like No. 1, a coating of 

 sawdust and leaves, when they are ready again 

 for the sheep. 



Next comes another shed, also west of the barn, 

 thirty by seventy-two feet, with twenty foo 

 posts. The upper part of this building is also 



