. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. 252 MANAGEMENT OF r\OA.\ The kinds of rack most generally approved conforms to those represented in the cuts, or are very similar. Figure I is a model of those used by the writer for many years. They cost but little, and little
. The American shepherd : being a history of the sheep, with their breeds, management, and diseases : illustrated with portraits of different breeds, sheep barns, sheds, &c. : with an appendix, embracing upwards of twenty letters from eminent wool-growers and sheep-fatteners of different states, detailing their respective modes of management . Sheep; Sheep. 252 MANAGEMENT OF r\OA.\ The kinds of rack most generally approved conforms to those represented in the cuts, or are very similar. Figure I is a model of those used by the writer for many years. They cost but little, and little waste can result from their use ; and are also light, and therefore easily removed, which is sometimes necessary whether feeding is done under cover or not> Where, however, the severity of the climate compels, feeding wholly under shelter, the kind designated by figure 2, appears admirably adapted for the purpose. The writer, however, never having used any of this description, cannot speak confidently whether their superiority is greatly over the other kind, and must therefore refer the reader to the remarks concerning them of several of his correspond- ents. The upright pieces or posts of figure 1 should be of pine or hemlock scantling, 2 by 3 inches, and at least 2 feet 9 inches in length. The lower boards 12 inches in width, and the upper 10 inches ; the spaces between them 9 inches ; the width of the rack 2 1-2 feet. The most convenient length is about 12 feet, and if thus, 6 will be required for 100 sheep of the Saxon and Merino varieties, or grades of these, when full grown. For lambs, the width of the lower boards may be reduced two inches, the top board not any, and the space between, less about two inches, the width of the rack four inches less, and the posts shortened three Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not per
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