Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . ; There are many situations where these open sheds are veiy liable to ha\esnow drifted under them by certain winds, and they are subject in all casesin severe gales, to have the snow carried over them to fall down in largedrifts in front, which gradually encroach on the sheltered space, and arevery inconvenient—particularly when they thaw. T therefore much prefersheep-houses covered on all sides, with the exception of a wi
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . ; There are many situations where these open sheds are veiy liable to ha\esnow drifted under them by certain winds, and they are subject in all casesin severe gales, to have the snow carried over them to fall down in largedrifts in front, which gradually encroach on the sheltered space, and arevery inconvenient—particularly when they thaw. T therefore much prefersheep-houses covered on all sides, with the exception of a wide door-wayfor ingress and qgress, and one or two windows for ventilation when it isnecessary. They are convenient for yarding sheep, for the various process-es where this is required, as for shearing, marking, sorting, doctoring/. THE OUTSIDE STELL. &c,, and especially so, for lambing places or the confinement of newlyn}iorn sheep in cold storms. They should be spacious enough, so that in SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SCUTF. adtlitioji to the outside racks, others can be placed temporarily throughthe middle when required. In many parts of Scotland, Stells, as they are called, are made usecf to shelter sheep. Fig. 39 on the preceding page is the form of one givenin The Book of the Farm, and the authors description of it: In a storm, their provender cannot be given to the sheep upon snow, safely and convenlently, as gi-oiuid-dnft may blaw and cover both; and no place is so suitable for the purposei» a sfell It may be fomied of planting or high stone-wall. Either will afford shel-ter; but the former most, though most costly, as it should be fenced by a stone-wall. Ofthis cltL=s [ conceive the form represented (fig. 33]) a good one, and which may be char-acterized as ;m 07</.v8rfe stell The circnmscnbing stron
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