152 Western Live-stock Management 



BUILDINGS 



A considerable proportion of the sheep-men use no 

 buildings, although in such cases they commonly have 

 protected localities where the sheep may be fed in the 

 worst storms and where there is a certain amount of pro- 

 tection during the lambing season. In the more unpro- 

 tected localities and in those regions where an effort is 

 made to have the lambs come early, large sheds are re- 

 quired. These will usually be very low, but will cover 

 a considerable area and are of the cheapest possible con- 

 struction. A common method of construction is to drive 

 stakes in the ground for posts, putting poles across the 

 top as a framework and covering them with brush. An- 

 other popular building material is corrugated sheet iron. 

 Since the hay is usually stacked in the field and hauled to 

 the sheep, the sheds have no provision for the storage of 

 hay. The inside of these sheds is perfectly plain, but 

 with the aid of a number of board panels and the numer- 

 ous posts supporting the roof, the shed can be divided 

 into many small pens suitable for lambing purposes. 

 Most of these sheds are approximately square in shape, 

 and are inclosed on all sides. In some localities where 

 all the bad winds are from one direction, the sheds are 

 long and narrow and open on the unexposed side, but in 

 regions of severe climate the closed shed is usually pre- 

 ferred. 



COREALS 



Corrals are used to a greater or less extent on all sheep 

 ranches. Some sheep-men make a practice of having 

 cheap corrals scattered about the ranch, keeping sheep 

 in them at night, but this is not the usual practice and is 



