. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . or battening. Feeding in basement barns is unsatisfactory, be-cause such barns are too warm. Sheep are well pro-tected from cold weather by a heavy fleece of wool,and for that reason they should not be confined inbuildings enclosed on all sides. If they are toowarmly housed they suffer from the heat while in-side, and when allowed to go into the open air arevery likely to contract sniffles, in which conditiongood gains are out of the question. In dry climates, 220 FATTENING LAMBS IN EARLY WINTER. 221 where there is little rain and snowfall, l
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . or battening. Feeding in basement barns is unsatisfactory, be-cause such barns are too warm. Sheep are well pro-tected from cold weather by a heavy fleece of wool,and for that reason they should not be confined inbuildings enclosed on all sides. If they are toowarmly housed they suffer from the heat while in-side, and when allowed to go into the open air arevery likely to contract sniffles, in which conditiongood gains are out of the question. In dry climates, 220 FATTENING LAMBS IN EARLY WINTER. 221 where there is little rain and snowfall, lambs maybe fed with good success in the open, provided theyards are protected from cold winds. It is needlessto say that if lambs have been clipped, they willnecessarily require warmer quarters. Includingroom for hay racks, each lamb should be allowedabout five square feet of space. A shed 20 feet wideand 75 feet long would therefore be large enough fora car-load of 300 head. Less space is often given,but sheep do not do well when crowded. Western. Sheep Feeding Yards. 1 •n, Jansen, Nebraska. feeders who provide shelter for sheep only duringstorms figure on tliree square feet of space for eachlamb. Suitable hayracks should be placed within to ac-commodate the entire number at one time, as it isespecially important to keep sheep dry. Each lambwill require from 8 to 12 inches of rack space, andall the racks should be placed in such a way as tomake the feeding convenient. If the shed is built 222 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING high enough to store hay above the sheep, it is betterto make the flooring of matched Uimber to preventthe breath of the sheep from coming in contact withthe hay above. Chutes may be constructed forthrowing the hay down to the racks. If the shed ismade sufficiently wide to store hay along the northhalf, it will be handier to feed and much less ex-pensive than with a floor above. In that case a rackmay be placed along the north side, close up to thehay, running t
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