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course, but the same general arrangement may be followed, and when tbs 
basement of a barn is to be used, the hay, grain, etc., may be handled in 
the same manner as there given. There is one thing, however, indispen- 
sable : As an attachment to every sheep barn, each pen should have a 
yard in which the sheep may be turned out in pleasant weather, for air 
and exercise. They may also be fed here in pleasant weather. 
The annexed cut will show a good and substantial rack for outside 
feeding. 
Special Winter Food. 
While it is the fact that sheep may be fairly wintered on hay, it is not 
the most economical food in all the regions of the W est and South, where 
corn and cereal grains are cheaply raised. Many shepherds object to 
corn as being too heating. We have never found any difficulty when it 
was fed with hay, and with a small feed of roots daily. It seems almost 
necessary to the health of sheep, that they have succulent food. In all 
the West, turnips are out of the question. Our hot Summers, and dry 
Autumns are not suited to this crop. Swedish turnips do better, since 
they may be sown late in May, or early in June and get root, so they 
ALLOWED TO SHIFT FOR ITSELF. WINTERED WITH GOOD SIIELTER AND FEED. 
will stand and produce good crops late in Autumn. They are also easily 
savdd by keeping them nearly down to the freezing point in the winter 
pits. Sugar beets or mangel wurzel may also be raised at a cost— placed 
in the pits or cellar — that need not exceed two dollars a ton. Carrots and 
parsnips may be raised at a cost not exceeding three dollars per ton. 
With carrots, beets and parsnips so that each sheep may have even half 
a pound weight of root food once a day, they may be kept in admirable 
health, corn and hay being the only other food. Not only this, but we 
have wintered lambs in this way, and had them come out Spring after 
Spring, in the most admirable condition. Kept in this manner, they wiL, 
