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Show SHEEP NEED GOOD SHELTER Too often we tee ah. -.-p nnd gmMl onea at that houaed In plinea Ilka thnt hown In the plrture. Thla pic ture wua drawn from a photograph taken on the farm of a welltodo-fHrmer. welltodo-fHrmer. line enn Imagine what the Interior of thla hole would be utter Ihe winter rulna la dark und entirely without ventllntlou ecept for the li.u.i. uml lu a cane of n driving atiuiu nh.-.-n would be lii a worse rondltlou Inald" thnn out. Kheep never thrive If I nlltlu.-.l In aheda that nre draughty, inn i-lone. ur badly ventlluted. nml It la aurpil. ing Ihat men whu have ruined atieep inr mall yeata with pnor leaulta do not a,-, in tu uppreclute thla ft.ii. A shed with an open side on the south and. with an allowance of about 12 feet uf floor space for each sheep, should be provided. Kvery sheop farm should have a dog-proof fence. Professor Walter J. Quick of the Virginia Vir-ginia experiment station nys thnt Hit loss of In nil na In that stale from ex-poHiire ex-poHiire and Insufllclcnt protection la very great. Very frequently the only protection afforded la an upon shed, providing only siilllclenl sluuultig room for Ihe llnck Miial uf the dend Inmbs are fuund nutsl.i.. of the Hin d, the- ewes hating liiki-u riiiige In a fence corner or soma eviuiHi'd place where the latubt becuma i hilled before being able lo tuck. |
