Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . consider fig. 42 preferable to any of the precedinforms. Figure 43 represents one of the same form, but Avithout tliplanting, with a stack in the middle, &c. Either of the stells which arformed in part of trees, would be convenient in severe winds, would forrexcellent shades in summer, and would constitute highly ornamental oljects on the farm, and in the landscape. On the most northerly of thSouthern mountains, where considerable sn
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of . consider fig. 42 preferable to any of the precedinforms. Figure 43 represents one of the same form, but Avithout tliplanting, with a stack in the middle, &c. Either of the stells which arformed in part of trees, would be convenient in severe winds, would forrexcellent shades in summer, and would constitute highly ornamental oljects on the farm, and in the landscape. On the most northerly of thSouthern mountains, where considerable snow falls, they might even hgood contrivances for winter shelter. They might also be convenient othe lowlands farther south, provided the shelter of evergreens could bmade dense enough to piotect the .sheep from the winter rains. In thicase, tiie stell or covert might be of any shape, and ought to have no cec SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. 207 al opening. It would be merely a dense clump of evergreen trees, foxe sheep to take refuge under in storms of rain, and it might be surround-[ on the outside with a tight board fence or stone-wall, if much exposed. THE INSIDE CIRCULAR STELt. the sweep of cold winds. As the sheep would lie among the tiees, adimp 50 or 60 feet in diameter—though 100 feet would be better—wouldiffice for 100 sheep. Fig. 43.
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