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veniently handy for winter feeding. The necessity for 

 protection of this kind on hill farms, especially during the 

 winter, is very great, and in time would more than pay for 

 its erection by the saving in food and in life. 



Stall feeding of sheep has been tried in Scotland, but 

 failed, though shed and yard feeding have given good 

 results. 



Abortion in sheep has been dealt with at p. 616, but it may 

 here be remarked that there is a widespread feeling that 



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Stone 

 wall 



Fig. 207.— Inside ' Stell ' for sheep 

 protection (Stephens). 



Fig. 208.— Outside 'Stell' with 

 plantation (Stephens) ; the 

 sheep are protected in the re- 

 cesses. 



Stone wall 



Fig. 209.— Outside ' Stell ' without plantation (Stephens). 



there are other causes in operation, quite apart from 

 microbic infection. ' Boots ' in various stages of im- 

 maturity, frostbitten, or in excess, have been blamed ; cold 

 winds, insufficient keep, wet and slippery ground, over- 

 driving, and especially to being worried unnecessarily by 

 the 'dog'; all these are put forward as causes in active 

 operation. 



Shelter, moving to higher and drier ground, with care and 

 gentleness in dealing with them, are rational preventive 



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