Management and feeding of sheep . d may be a little narrower than a cen-tral passage, as a less amount of food is fed from it, butit should seldom be less than 6 feet. The passage should,of course, extend through the wings. Figure 15 shows anexcellent form of sheep rack that may be at one or bothsides of the feed passage. A structure of two stories—Whether the sheep shed should have one ortwo stories will bedetermined, as inti-mated elsewhere, bythe necessity thatexists for storingfood and bedding un-der cover. Inclimates in whichthe rainfall is fre-quent and copious inwinter, or in whichthe s
Management and feeding of sheep . d may be a little narrower than a cen-tral passage, as a less amount of food is fed from it, butit should seldom be less than 6 feet. The passage should,of course, extend through the wings. Figure 15 shows anexcellent form of sheep rack that may be at one or bothsides of the feed passage. A structure of two stories—Whether the sheep shed should have one ortwo stories will bedetermined, as inti-mated elsewhere, bythe necessity thatexists for storingfood and bedding un-der cover. Inclimates in whichthe rainfall is fre-quent and copious inwinter, or in whichthe snowfall is deep,it is a great advan-tage to have thesame under cover,and in no other waycan such cover beprovided morecheaply than througha sufficiently commodious loft in a sheep barn. In areaswhere the winter climate is dry and where but a limitedamount of feeding is called for, it is not necessary to buildsheds with two stories. Where much food is to be stored, thetwo-story shed is economical of construction. It is specially. Lnd Vi. 13 Ti« FIG. 15—PLAN OF A CONVENIENT SHEEPRACK, END VIEW(Courtesy Michigan Agricultural College) SHELTER FOR SHEEP SUMMER AND WINTER 33I economical in roofing, as the one roof serves the double pur-pose of providing protection to the fodders in the upperstory and to the sheep in the lower. It is also economicalin foundation material and in other items of construction. The loft of such a building may be made to store alarge amount of food. The higher the posts or wallsthat support the roof, the larger, of course, is the roomfor storage. The food and litter in the same may all bestored by the aid of a horsefork or a sling. When storingthese, the aim should be to locate each kind, as far as thismay be practicable, directly above the pens where thesame is to be fed. The convenience in feeding fodders from such a loftwill be at once apparent. The food is always dry, regard-less of the character of the weather, and the same is trueof the litter. I
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