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 .. . in the lamhing season. Any person with the least ex-perience can determine whether an inclosed clump of trees will answerthese purposes, in his own immediate region. I think it veiy probable that in the Gulf States, and some of the lowerAtlantic ones—particularly in regions near the ocean—these tree coverts, 208 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. surrounde
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 .. . in the lamhing season. Any person with the least ex-perience can determine whether an inclosed clump of trees will answerthese purposes, in his own immediate region. I think it veiy probable that in the Gulf States, and some of the lowerAtlantic ones—particularly in regions near the ocean—these tree coverts, 208 SHEEP HUSBANDRY IN THE SOUTH. surrounded by fences to lireak the winds, would be found sufficient. Insections infested with wolves, they mig-ht also be made to answer for folds,by carrying the fence to the requisite bight, to bar the ingress of the wolfBut farther north, and on the high lands and mountains, better shelterswould, I am inclined to think, in the end, be found more economical. The simplest and cheapest kind of shed is represented in the followingcut (fig. 44). It is formed by poles or rails, the upper ends resting on astrong horizontal pole supported by crotched posts set in the ground. Itmay be rendered rain-proof by pea-haulm, straw, or pine boughs. Fig. SHED OF RAILS. In a region where lumber is very cheap, planks or boards (of sufficientthickness not to spring downward and thus open the roof) battened withslabs, may take the place of the poles and boughs ; and they would makea tighter and more durable roof If the lower ends of the boards or polesare raised a couple of feet from the ground, by placing a log under them,the shed will shelter more sheep. These movable sheds may be connected with hay-barns, hay-banacks,stacks, or they may surround an inclosed space with a stack in the middlelike fig. 43. In the latter case, however, the yard should be square, in-stead of 7-onnd, on account of the divergence in the lower ends of theboards or poles, which the round form would render necessary. She
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