Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . r sheep. On all large sheep-farms con-venience requires that there be onebarn of considerable size, to con-tain the shearing-floor, and the ne-cessary conveniences about it foryarding the sheep, &c. This shouldalso, for economy, be a hay-barn,(where hay is used,) and from itsnecessary size (for the shearing-floor), it should hold hay for 400 sheep. It may be constructed in thecorner of four fields, so that four hundred sheep can be f
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . r sheep. On all large sheep-farms con-venience requires that there be onebarn of considerable size, to con-tain the shearing-floor, and the ne-cessary conveniences about it foryarding the sheep, &c. This shouldalso, for economy, be a hay-barn,(where hay is used,) and from itsnecessary size (for the shearing-floor), it should hold hay for 400 sheep. It may be constructed in thecorner of four fields, so that four hundred sheep can be fed from it, with-out making improperly sized flocks. At this barn it would be expedientto make the best shelters, and to bring together all the breeding-ewes onthe farm, if their number did not exceed 400. Thus the shepherd wouldbe saved much travel at all times, and particularly at the lambing-time,and each flock would be under his almost constant supervision. I offer the following ground-plan of a bam with fixtures, &c., as oneVFhich I think will be found well adapted to the purpose above upper is the north part of the plan. Kg. ? «^^^2S HOWl AND -»<<f^BARRACK.
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