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the grain and feed will drop out. This type is usually 

 known as a self-cleaning trough. If these troughs are 

 tipped over after each feeding, little further attention need 

 be given to the cleaning. A combination hay and grain 

 rack usually is heavier in construction, and because of 

 this it is inconvenient to tip it over for the cleaning 

 of the trough each time, and therefore a little more care 

 must be exercised as to cleanliness. 



While self-feeders have pro\-ed very satisfactory for 

 feeding grain to hogs, they have not proved so with sheep. 

 The death rate with sheep on self-feeders is much greater 

 than where they are fed by hand, and the gains are less 

 economical. 



Fig. 17. — Shipping Crato. 



Shipping crafc.i. 



A few shipping crates sliould always be at hand when 

 pure-bred sheep are raised, since a buyer will often insist 



