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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
Thus the shepherd who would do well for himself must do well for his 
flock. He must not only feed and water well, and attend to the general 
health of the sheep, but he must house well. 
Sheep Berns. 
These need not be expensive structures, but they must protec't thor-J 
oughly against wind and drifting snow, and at the same time be well 
ventilated. The barn is to be entirely enclosed with doors and windows, 
which, if made to slide, will serve for ventilation. Along the peak 
CONVENIENT FEEDING TROUGH FOR SHEEP. 
jhould be slatted chimneys of wood to assist ventilation. The stable 
should be divided into suitable pens to contain from twenty to fifty sheep 
each, according to the size of the flock, with doors from one to the other, 
racks for feeding hay, and troughs for grain, and for water also, if the 
6heep are to be wintered in the barn. There should also be suitable pas- 
sage Ways for feeding, etc. The arrangement of these racks, troughs 
and other conveniences, will readily suggest themselves, by referring to 
the plan for feeding cattle in barns. There is to be no tying up, of 
