Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . top a triangular cover or roof formed ofa couple of boards, (one hung at the upper edge with iron or leather hin-ges so that it could be lifted up like a lid ;) making the ends tight; draw-ing in the lower edges of the sides so that it shall not be more than a footwide on the bottom ; inserting a floor; and then mounting it on and mak-ing it fast to two cross sills four or five inches square to keep the floor offfrom the ground, and lo
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . top a triangular cover or roof formed ofa couple of boards, (one hung at the upper edge with iron or leather hin-ges so that it could be lifted up like a lid ;) making the ends tight; draw-ing in the lower edges of the sides so that it shall not be more than a footwide on the bottom ; inserting a floor; and then mounting it on and mak-ing it fast to two cross sills four or five inches square to keep the floor offfrom the ground, and long enough to prevent it from being easily overturn-ed. The lower side board should be narrower than in fig. 31, on accountof the increased hight given its upper edge by the sills. Still better, but somewhat more expensive, would be a rack of the sameconstiuction, with the sides like those of fig. 32. Or, the sides might consist of rundles as in fig. 33. In either of thepreceding, the top might be nailed down, and the fodder inserted by littled )ors ih the ends. The following form and description of an English rack it from the Book of the Farm.* Fig. SPARRED RACK. I have found, says Mr. Stephens, this form convenient, containing as much straw «due as shuulJ be given, admiUnig the straw easily into it, being easily moved abo-< i4 •• it wUI be fottzi in the reprint of this splendid work, in The Farmers Library toL iL p 449 2 C •»•••. 202 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. easy access tn the sheep, and being so near the ground as to form an excellent shelter. Itis made of wood, is 9 feet in length. 4^ feet in hight, and 3 feet in width, having a spaiTedruck with a double face below, which is covered with an angled roof of boards to throw oflFihe nun The rack is sujiported on two triangular-shaped nessels b, shod with iron at the|vjinta, wliich are puslied into the ground, and act as stays against the effects of the windfrom either side. The billet c, fixed on tjie
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