Show I r f l i f r rI I I J I I xh SHEEP TROUGH Plan of One Which One Farmer Thinks Is the Best Beat Ever Hero Here Is the tho plan of ot the best sheep trough I have ever seen writes E. E It R. Buck in Wallaces Wallace's Farmer The cut fill Il give an idea of ot its construe construe- tion Use ls l's fo four r feet teet long for corner posts These are set two feet apart and Sand a n inch four trough is built one foot from the ground using two twelve-inch twelve boards for the bottom of ot the tho trough At the top of the tho rack on the end a twelve-Inch twelve board Is sawed to a bevel and nailed as shown A twelve-inch twelve board Is then nailed along f ft t J i 1 f 1 fb f L. L Lets d I End J View Vi e. e w. w Diagram of Trough this bevel on either side at the top of the rack This gives a wide space to put in hay etc so It will feed down gradually Below this is nailed a six six- inch fence board Common six inch fencing boards are used for slats which should be cut about two and one-half one feet long in order to lap enough for nailing to the top of at the feeding trough and the bottom of at the six inch the top of the rack The slats should be set about eight Inches apart That gives each sheep fourteen inches of ot feeding space and andI thirty sheep can feed at a sixteen foot I trough The trough can be used for feeding either grain or roughage |