Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . n it. It should then be fed in racks. These are of various 31 gives the common box ^S- ^^• rack, in the most general use inthe North. It is ten feet long,two and a half wide, the lowerboards a foot wide, the upperones about ten inches, the two about nine inches apart, and the box rack. corner posts three by three, or three and a half by two and a half inches. The boards are spiked on theseposts by large flat headed nails w
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . n it. It should then be fed in racks. These are of various 31 gives the common box ^S- ^^• rack, in the most general use inthe North. It is ten feet long,two and a half wide, the lowerboards a foot wide, the upperones about ten inches, the two about nine inches apart, and the box rack. corner posts three by three, or three and a half by two and a half inches. The boards are spiked on theseposts by large flat headed nails wrought for the purpose, and the loweredp-es of the upper boards and the upper edges of the lower ones arerounded so they shall not wear the wool oft from the sheeps necks. Thelower boards and the opening for the heads, should be two or three inchesnarrower for lambs. If made of light wood, as they should be, a manstandino- in the inside and middle of one of these racks, can easily cari-yitabout—an important desideratum. Unless overfed, sheep waste very lit-tle hay in them. A capital shed or barn rack is represented in the following cut. The Fiii. 32,.
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