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Biggle Sheep Book; Something Practical about Sheep, All Wool and a Yard Wide, Mutton Chops Cooked to Suit the Taste of the Most Fastidious
Jacob Biggle
Paperback. RareBooksClub.com 2013-09-13.
ISBN 9781230056821
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 edition. Excerpt: ... should be at one end, preferably the east, and this should open into the shed, as well as out dog;-_t-, _ Bins INTERIOR BARN, SI-IOWING ONEOFTHE PENS for grain should be in one end, and the other should be used for mixing grain, for shearing, and a place in which to keep tools, drugs, wool table, and other necessary articles. It is important to have both hay and grain, and also roots, in the same barn as the sheep, as the conveniences save much time, labor and feed. Have the barn stand the long way east and west, with the shearing room on the east end. Plenty of windows, especially on the south side, is important; an abundance of light keeps out dampness and disease, and the air is more easily kept pure. Sheep need light and sunshine. A basement bar n does not make a good sheep barn; it is too damp, too dark and too cold. In the barn illustrated. water is obtained through a hydrant connected with the tank and windmill, by which the sheep can be furnished all the fresh water they want, without extra work or trouble. The half of a kerosene barrel makes a good drinking receptacle. This is placed in the center of the barn, so that all sheep in the pen can drink from the one tub. The water is drawn from the hydrant while feeding hay. The floor of, a sheep barn should be earth. The barn should be built on top of the ground, and if the soil is not dry and porous on top, gravel should be drawn in to form the floor; except, of course, the grain room, which should be fitted with matched flooring. The doors should be on rollers, sliding back between the siding and the ceiling; the upper part of the doors is glass, to give light and sunshine when closed in the winter or spring. When open, a temporary sliding gate is used in place of the doors, to shut
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