Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breedsAlso, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases .. . arce-ly touch hay placed on it. It should then be fed in racks. These are of various 31 gives the common box ^s- 3i. 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 twoabout nine inches apart, and thecorner posts three by three, or three a
Sheep husbandry in the South: comprising a treatise on the acclimation of sheep in the southern states, and an account of the different breedsAlso, a complete manual of breeding, summer and winter management, and of the treatment of diseases .. . arce-ly touch hay placed on it. It should then be fed in racks. These are of various 31 gives the common box ^s- 3i. 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 twoabout nine inches apart, and thecorner 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 loweredges 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 manstanding in the inside and middle of one of these racks, can easily carry itabout—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. BOX HACK.
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