. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 8«4 TllK I'Al;.MKi: S ST()( K ];()OK. XV. Grading the Sheep. Sheep in winter should be ciirefuily graded, iui'ordiiiir to size, strength and condition. Strong hinibs should not be put with weak ones; the same rule applies with owes and wethers. Hams should never be kept with any other sheep ; nor should ewes be kept with wethers. Fat- tening sheep will, of course, always be kept by themselves. The hirger the flock the more closely can sh<'ep and lambs be graded, according to age, size,
. The American farmer's pictorial cyclopedia of live stock ... Livestock; Veterinary medicine. 8«4 TllK I'Al;.MKi: S ST()( K ];()OK. XV. Grading the Sheep. Sheep in winter should be ciirefuily graded, iui'ordiiiir to size, strength and condition. Strong hinibs should not be put with weak ones; the same rule applies with owes and wethers. Hams should never be kept with any other sheep ; nor should ewes be kept with wethers. Fat- tening sheep will, of course, always be kept by themselves. The hirger the flock the more closely can sh<'ep and lambs be graded, according to age, size, strength and other conditions. XVI. Feeding Troughs and Racks. Sheep should never he fed on the ground, but from suitable troughs and racks. The arrangement of these will depend ujjon whether the sheep are to 1)e fed under sheltei or not. The racks should be low enough foi' the. OMHINATION TltOUGll. sheep readily to get the fodder without reaching too high, and below should be a receptacle for catching the waste. The illustration given .shows a good form of feeding trough ; if intended for hay, let the slant- ing board be of slats, or it may economically be made double, so as to. 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 perfectly resemble the original Periam, Jonathan. [from old catalog]; Baker, A. H. , [from old catalog] joint author. St. Louis, Mo. , N. D. Thompson & co.
Size: 1630px × 1533px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1880, booksubjectveterin, bookyear1882
