. Barn plans and outbuildings . pens nine feet deep, for cows or sheep, and apigpen thirty-five feet square, at the southeast of thesheep yard. These sheds are made of inch boards, nailedup and down upon the framework, and the roof is ofboards with sufficient pitch to shed rain perfectly. A KANSAS SHEEP SHELTER The shelter or corral represented in Figure 139 is©ne built by Mr. George Grant of Victoria, Kan. Thewalls are of stone, covered with a peaked roof. It issquare in shape, with sides about 570 feet long. A com-modious house of two stories is built at one corner, forthe shepherds. Another
. Barn plans and outbuildings . pens nine feet deep, for cows or sheep, and apigpen thirty-five feet square, at the southeast of thesheep yard. These sheds are made of inch boards, nailedup and down upon the framework, and the roof is ofboards with sufficient pitch to shed rain perfectly. A KANSAS SHEEP SHELTER The shelter or corral represented in Figure 139 is©ne built by Mr. George Grant of Victoria, Kan. Thewalls are of stone, covered with a peaked roof. It issquare in shape, with sides about 570 feet long. A com-modious house of two stories is built at one corner, forthe shepherds. Another plan of a shelter is given in Figure 140—thatof Mr. W. B. Shaw of Syracuse, Kan. As at Victoria,the buffalo grass here furnishes the chief pasturage. Theshed is made of cotton-wood poles and coarse hay fromthe river bottom, and surrounds an enclosure 200 feetlong by 100 feet wide. We see the stackyard for hay ata; the horse barn at 5; the poultry house at c; the watertrough and pump, operated by a windmill, at d; the sheep-. \y. B. SHAWS SHEEP SHEDS 149 fold at e, and the feeding yard with hay stacks and racks,at f. Around the feeding yard are sheds with a singleroof sloping outward. -^
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