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unstuffed ; two or more folds may be required, into one are 

 placed the ewes awaiting lambing, while in the other are 

 the ewes and lambs. 



The first fold should contain 

 shelter sheds all round, while in 

 the fold for lambed ewes there 

 should be covered pens, about one 

 hurdle square, into which the ewes 

 are placed as they lamb (Fig. 145). 



Some care should be taken in 

 the selection of a site for a lamb- 

 ing fold, the soil must be dry, the 

 situation protected, and as close as 

 convenient to the homestead. A 

 portable shepherd's hut is a great 

 convenience, and may be placed in the centre of the fold. 



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Fig. 145. — Plan of sheep fold 

 for lambing (Scott). a, 

 Yard for nnlanibed ewes ; 

 6 6 6, hurdle sheds ; c, yard 

 for lambed ewes ; d d d, 

 covered pens ; e, straw ; /, 

 roots ; </, hay ; /i, shepherd's 

 hut. 



HOSPITALS. 



Though these have been reserved for separate considera- 

 tion, there is very little in them to differ from the most 

 approved type of industrial stable previously described. But 

 it is necessary to emphasise the absolute importance of 

 ample superficial and cubic space, this must be greater 

 than the amount allowed in health, especially the super- 

 ficial area. An interval of 5 feet 6 inches in a stable 

 with swing bails is sufficient for horses of medium size in 

 a state of health, but not for those suffering from disease. 



It may be claimed that most sick horses are treated in 

 boxes, and this no doubt is true for very serious cases, but 

 box accommodation is expensive, and in large hospitals the 

 majority of surgical cases have to be treated in stalls. 



Surgical cases, especially wounds, cannot have the stables 

 too freely ventilated ; hospitals, unlike ordinary stables, are 

 always occupied. It is true both boxes and stalls are given 

 every chance of a rest, but in a large hospital this is not 

 always possible, and large suppurating wounds or foot 

 cases, are both important sources of air poisoning. 



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