. Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breeds. Also, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases . top a triangular cover or roof formed ofa couple of boards, (one hung at the upper edge with iron or leather hin-ges so that it could be lifted up like a lid ;) making the ends tight ; draw-ing in the lower edges of the sides so that it shall not be more than a footwide on the bottom ; inserting a flofu-; and then mounting it on and mak-ing it fast t
. Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breeds. Also, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases . top a triangular cover or roof formed ofa couple of boards, (one hung at the upper edge with iron or leather hin-ges so that it could be lifted up like a lid ;) making the ends tight ; draw-ing in the lower edges of the sides so that it shall not be more than a footwide on the bottom ; inserting a flofu-; and then mounting it on and mak-ing it fast to two cross sills four or five inches square to keep the floor offfrom the ground, and long enough to prevent it from being easily overturn-ed. The lower side board should be narrower than in fig. 31, on accountof the increased hight given its upper edge by the sills. Still better, but somewhat more expensive, would be a rack of the sameconstruction, with the sides like those of fig. 32. Or, the sides might consist of rundles as in fig. 33. In either of thepreceding, the top might be nailed down, and the fodder inserted by littledoors in the ends. The following form and description of an English rack is from the Book of the Farm.* Fig. SPARRED RACK. I have founri, says Mr. Stephens, this form convenient, containing as mnch straw ata time as should be given, admitliug the straw easily into it, being easily moveil about, of * It will be found in the reprint of thia iplendid work, in The Farmers Library toI. ii., p. 4<9. 2C 202 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. easy access to the sheep, and bein^ so near the ground as to form an excellent shelter. Itis made of wood. i,s 9 feet in leuglh, 4.^ feet in hight, and .3 feet in width, having a .sparredrack with a double face below, wliich is covered with an angled roof of boards to throw offthe raiii. Tlie rack is supported on two triaugtilar-shaped tiessels I, shod with iron at thepoints, which are pushed into the ground, and act as
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