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SHEEP YARD AND STABLES. 
SHEEP YARD AND STABLES 
The sheep yard, in Germany, Hungary, &c., 
contains the stables for the various flocks, barns 
for the fodder, sheds for the litter and implements, 
and the dwelling for the sheep master and his as¬ 
sistants. Generally, the sheep stables are connect¬ 
ed with the farm buildings, but in many instances 
these sheep yards form separate establishments 
placed at proper distances from the main farm, and 
near the pasture ground. 
The situation for the stables is chosen with re¬ 
gard to health ; distant from low wet grounds pro¬ 
tected from storms, inundations, &c., near a spring, 
or creek, for watering the sheep. On the estates of 
nobles, this kind of building is generally of a plea¬ 
sant appearance and built in conformity to the 
teachings of experience. They are mostly brick 
buildings with a tile roof. They are very roomy, 
and it is generally calculated that four ewes, with 
their lambs, require a space of 6 feet square; where 
six ewes, with their lambs, find room, there can be 
placed 8 wethers, or 12 head of yearlings. In a 
Elevation of Stable.—Fig. 61 . 
Fig. 64. 
stable where 500 ewes can be housed, there is 
room for 666 wethers, or rams, or. for 1,000 head of 
yearlings. The oblong form is found the best, from 
30 to 36 feet in width. 
Fig. 61, shows-The front view of an oblong stable, 
in Germany. 
Fig. 62, denotes the gable end and roof. 
Fig. 63, represents the ground plan with the in¬ 
ternal arrangement for the mangers. 
Fig. 64, shows the ground plan of the lamb pens. 
The walls a, b, are 5| feet high, including the 
foundation: above ground, they are 4 feet in 
height; c, c?, e,/, are doors; c, d , are 7§ feet wide 
and 7 feet high; c, and /, are 5 feet wide and 6 
feet high; g, g, g, g, g , &c., are windows with 
shutters to slide; the windows are 1 k feet wide 
and one foot high. The -walls are one foot thick ; 
in cold climates it will be necessary to make the 
walls thick, especially toward the north, and of 
the stables intended for ewes with lambs. 
Every six feet along the wall is a pillar of brick, 
A, A, A, A, to give the building more strength. 
The construction of the roof is simple. There 
is a floor to stow hay upon ; many sheep breeders 
prefer stables without floors, because the dust and 
small particles of hay and straw passing the boards 
upon the sheep injures the wool. 
