Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . two troughs made of inch boards, b, b, b, b, placed ii SHEEP HUSBANDRSr IN THE SOUTH. 203 these notches, and nailed fast, constitutes the foundation. If the rack u to be 14 (eet liii<j,three sills will be required. of the rack are made by nailing agaiiHi the side ofthe sill-boards that reach up as high as it is desired to have the rack, and nail* driventhrough these end-boards hito the ends of the side-boards/,/, secure the
Sheep husbandry; with an account of different breeds, and general directions in regard to summer and winter management, breeding and the treatment of diseases . two troughs made of inch boards, b, b, b, b, placed ii SHEEP HUSBANDRSr IN THE SOUTH. 203 these notches, and nailed fast, constitutes the foundation. If the rack u to be 14 (eet liii<j,three sills will be required. of the rack are made by nailing agaiiHi the side ofthe sill-boards that reach up as high as it is desired to have the rack, and nail* driventhrough these end-boards hito the ends of the side-boards/,/, secure them. The sidesmay he farther strengthened by pieces of board on the outside of them, and lined into thetrough. A roof may be put over all if desired. With ii roof, the fodder is kept entirelyfrora the weather, and no seeds or chaff can get into the wool. Troughs.—Threshed grain, chopped roots, &c., when fed to sheepshould be laid in troughs. With any of the preceding forms of racks, exiepting fig. 34, a separate trough would be required. For a number ofy^ears I have used those of the following form, and have found them everyway satisfactory. Fig SHEEP-TRODGH. One of the side-boards is u> ually about ten and the other eleven incheswide. The feet are commonly of two-inch plank, rising high enough onthe sides to keep the sides of the trough firm in their places. In our snowy climate they are turned over after feeding, and when fallsuf snow are anticipated, one end is laid on the yard fence.* The following elaborately ingenious contrivance for keeping grain wheresheep can feed on it at tcill, is from the Book of the Farm, and I ap-pend the authors description of Fig. 36, Fig. 31
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