The horse and other live stock . from inusing depository racks, as recommended, it is because it isrendered necessary by the circumstances of the case. AMerino store-sheep, allowed as much grain as it chose to con-sume, would be likely to inflict injury on itself; and grainso fed would, generally speaking, be productive of moredamage than benefit. BAHNS AND SHEDS. Shelters, in northern climates, are indispensable to profitablesheep-raising; and in every latitude north of the Gulf ofMexico, they would probably be found advantageous. Ananimal eats much less when thus protected ; he is more thrif
The horse and other live stock . from inusing depository racks, as recommended, it is because it isrendered necessary by the circumstances of the case. AMerino store-sheep, allowed as much grain as it chose to con-sume, would be likely to inflict injury on itself; and grainso fed would, generally speaking, be productive of moredamage than benefit. BAHNS AND SHEDS. Shelters, in northern climates, are indispensable to profitablesheep-raising; and in every latitude north of the Gulf ofMexico, they would probably be found advantageous. Ananimal eats much less when thus protected ; he is more thrifty, 152 SHEEP AND THEIR DISEASES. less liable to disease, and bis manure is ricber and moreabundant. Tbe feeding may be done in tbe open yard in clearweatber, and under cover in severe storms : for, even in tbevigorous climate of tbe Nortb, none but tbe breeders of Saxonsmake a regular practice of feeding under cover. Humanity and economy alike dictate tbat, in tbe Nortb,sbeep sbould be provided witb sbelters under wbicb to lie. SHEEP-BARN WITH SHEDS. nigbts, and to wbicb tbey can resort at will. It is not an un-common circumstance in New York and New England forsnow to fall to tbe deptb of from twenty to tbirty incbes witbintwenty-four or forty-eigbt bours, and tben to be succeeded bya strong and intensely cold west or northwest wind of severaldays continuance, wbicb lifts the snow, blocking up tbe roads,and piling buge drifts to tbe leeward of fences, barns, etc. A flock without shelter will huddle closely together, turningtheir backs to the storm, constantly stepping, and thus treadingdown the snow as it rises about them. Strong, close-coatedsheep do not seem to suffer as much from the cold, for a period,as would be expected. It is, however, almost impossible to BABNS AND SHEDS. 153 feed them enough, or half enough, under such circumstances,without an immense waste of hay—entirely impossible, indeed,without racks. The hay is whirled away in an instant by thewind; and, even
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