Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . 2 preferable to any of the precedingforms. Figure 43 represents one of the same form, but Avithout theplanting, with a stack in the middle, &:c. Either of the stells which areformed in part of trees, would be convenient in severe winds, would formexcellent shades in summer, and would constitute highly ornamental ob-jects on the farm, and in the landscape. On the most northerly of theSouthern mountains, where considerable snow falls, th
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . 2 preferable to any of the precedingforms. Figure 43 represents one of the same form, but Avithout theplanting, with a stack in the middle, &:c. Either of the stells which areformed in part of trees, would be convenient in severe winds, would formexcellent shades in summer, and would constitute highly ornamental ob-jects on the farm, and in the landscape. On the most northerly of theSouthern mountains, where considerable snow falls, they might even begood contrivances for winter shelter. They might also be convenient onthe lowlands farther south, provided the shelter of evergreens could bemade dense enough to protect the sheep from the winter rains. In thiscase, tiie stell or coveit might be of any shape, and ought to have no cen HHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 207 tral opening. It would be mei-ely a dense clump of evergreen trees, foithe sheep to take refuse under in storms of rain, and it might be suiTound-ed («n the outside with a tight board fence or stone-wall, if much exposed. THE INSIDE STELL to the sweep of cold winds. As the sheep would lie among the trees, aclump 50 or 60 feet in diameter—though 100 feet would be better—would?uffice for 100 sheep. Fig. 43.
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