Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . SHEEP-BARff. There are many situations where these open sheds are veiy liable to ha\emow 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 largeflrifts in front, which gradually encroach on the sheltered space, and areeery inconvenient—particularly when they t?iaw. I therefore much prefersheep-houses covered on all sides, with the exception of a w
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . SHEEP-BARff. There are many situations where these open sheds are veiy liable to ha\emow 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 largeflrifts in front, which gradually encroach on the sheltered space, and areeery inconvenient—particularly when they t?iaw. I therefore much prefersheep-houses covered on all sides, with the exception of a wide door-wayfor ingress and egress, and one or two windows for ventilation when it ianecessary. They are convenient for yarding sheep, for the various process-88 where this is required, as for shearing, marking, sorting, doctoring, Fig. 39, «. THE OUTSIDE STEtL. &c., and especially so, for lambing places or the confinement of newlyshorn sheep in cold storms. They should be spacious enough, so that in 206 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. ndditiori to tlic outside racks, others can be placed temporarily llirof(lie iiiidtlk when required. In many parts of Scotland, Stells, as they are called, are made \ii)t to shelter slieej>. Fit^. 39 on the preceding page is the form of one ginin * The Book of the Farm, and the authors description of it: In a storm, their provender cannot be given to tho sheep upon snow, safely and convJicntly, as gioiiiul-drift may blow and cover botli; and no place is so suitable for the purp »fl u ftell It niity bo tbnned of planting or high slone-wall. Either wiU atford efi ter; Imt tiio former mo3t, thougii most costly, as it should be fenced liy u class I conceive tJie form represented (fig. SB) a good one, and which may be oil acterized as an OT/ZstV/c stell The circumscribing st
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