| Show l S AND SA STABLES LES LESI I If farmer a Is wel well fixed It Is wel well enough to graU gratify his tale taste for tor the beautiful by havIng fine building But Dut ther there is 18 n a vast deal more In convent ence than there Is In appearance We Wedo Wedo do not mean that a farm tarm shall be dote dotted wih with uglY structures but a as a rule we would not be extravagant ant In the cone can of farm buildings They cn can bo be economicallY constructed and yet et b be neat Expensive barns and stables have killed large numbers ot of sheep A cheap structure If I it has plenty ot of air holes nef never killed one The expensive buildIng I Is very el a apt t to be bui built solely le letor for tor appearance and ventilation Is wholly neglected The country Is full tull of such barns Sheep only need neld protection tUrn tion tram from the storms and drafts Cold wi will not affect them anti and the maIn features of a 1 cheep stable ar are pro protection from rain snow nail draft and C In feeding There Is Ie tho tha scientific principle that when nn an animal is IH exposed to the cold more teed feed Is needed to k keep p up the animal heat and some apply this as strictly to sheep n as to any deco ot of nn an The principle Is not applicable to sheep heep Nature has given ghen Ih u Tr and experience has shown that shelter for tor warmth is II nt not necessary It Is n a fact that more sheep have died from I bing being housed than ever ler have hae died from absolute exposure The animal II is so 80 warmly covered that I It It Is housed there must be 8 so muc much ventilation that the tho temperature must be very low nt at best best Otherwise the air Is sure to b be become come contaminated and sickness will an wi result We do not nol favor open sheds sImply for tor the tho reason that face them themAS AS you ou WIll rain and snow now wi will some sometimes times blow into them We should hould have hae havea haen n a cloud closed stable In a barn In which nil the foder fodder and teed feed could be stored d readily bandied Th The toe must b be kept dr or trouble wi will r rome come V DETAILS An ordinary barn without having the tho cracks of the weatherboarding batten battened ed Is go good enough for the flock ok Some SIOW allow will dri drift In when the storm torm Is bud but not nol enough to do harm The flooring ot of II a sheep stable Is an Important tant matter The b best t flooring Is mat made of at cement concrete Tere There should b be bea a t tight hl nb above the cheep on the bottom of the hn hay mow It if the 00 mow Is II nb them for tor no dust or dirt should be allowed to sift I down on the tho I it scarcely needs to be said that th the stables should not be crowded wi wIll nt not stand crowding A As cheap nd convenient a sheep h p stable a as we aver saw WI Was fl a leanto that ran the length of at the barl harp At 18 its junction With tM th barn thel thre WI was an opening Into the barn the whole length of the building and racks rok te feed troughs trough extended an along the front The plan gave alua bum ble hor barn space and WA wee c convenient feeIng feedIng The ahl shed Wi was cheaply con a as nn nay lung narrow shed he may mayn III n It R n stable lo Is In th the barn structure I it must be as al expensive a as In any other portion of the ban barn while a he lb like the leanto referred to to or hult built tor form the bari an n b be Iut up U expensive |
