254 Animal Husbandry 
410. Drainage. — In selecting a site for the sheep- barn, due 
consideration should be given to drainage. Sheep cannot survive 
damp and muddy footing. Wet floors and muddy lots are to be 
avoided. If possible, select ground from which there is a little 
slope in all directions, facing the barn to the south and arranging 
the lots on the south slope. It would be of much advantage to 
have the place protected on the north and west by a grove or bluff. 
411. The interior arrangement.—In arranging the sheep 
Fic. 104.— Interior view of sheep barn. 
quarters, convenience of feeding must be kept in mind. This 
factor is often complicated by the desirability of having provision 
for separating the ewes at lambing time. As arule, it is more diffi- 
cult to feed the sheep in two lots than in one. This difficulty can 
often be overcome, in large part at least, by using the feed-rack 
as a partition for the two pens. Such an arrangement also saves 
the material otherwise necessary for the partition. To facilitate 
labor in feeding, ample provision should be made for storage of all 
feed, hay, and straw in the loft, grain in a bin on the ground floor, 
and if possible, a cellar for the storage of roots. Where convenient, 
water should be placed in the barn (Fig. 104). 
