SHEEP YARD AND STABLES. 
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There are some openings in the roof for the air 
to circulate—on each side of the walls are man¬ 
gers denoted by figures 65, 66, and 67, one foot 
wide of the construction. Fig. 65, is a side view 
with the rack let down. Fig. 66, a front view, 
and fig. 67, a side view with the rack put up, when 
charged with hay, and in the position for the sheep 
to feed from. 
In the middle of the stables are similar mangers 
for two rows of sheep. 
During the lamb season, the lamb pens are put 
up in the warmest corner of the stable. Fig. 64, 
shows the mode of putting them together in order 
to allow room for the shepherd to walk around it, 
and to see whether the ewes suckle their lambs or 
not. During the lamb season the shepherd sleeps 
Fig. 66. 
in the stable near by the lamb pen. 
Fig. 68, represents the front view of a stable 
built by the viceroy of Hungary, at Alcscuth. 
Fig. 69, section of the same, showing the blank 
roof and floor for the storage of fodder. 
Fig. 70, ground plan. 
At Yon Thaer’s, the entrance at each door of the 
sheep stable consists of an inclined path, of the 
width of the door, the object of which is to prevent 
ewes, in a state of pregnancy, from being pressed, or 
squeezed against the side of the door on entering 
Fig. 70 
