The Red Cloud chief., 1882-01-26
Winter Protection for sheep.

The winter Of lsSO-Si proved 20 be :
serious one TO Western and Southern
. AiasaaDastera--4&s-{os.es w-rs ~ncYs
nous and due largely 10 lack Of proper
shelter and 4 better system of feeding
stock during wet, cold storms. The
lesson was an expensive one but not
without its good effects. NoiSp.E Siis
! the winter now approaching nd . more
! secure method prevailing or the eyten-
size ranches Of large capitalists. ~ the
fOckmasters Of small herds ~ well ~iII
have provided better and surer ACCOM-
notation for their herds.
At the North the most approved win
ter management o; sheep demands
sheds that ma be closed on a. sides.
! with windows and ven.IlatOrs which
/, Oucn on the lee side. SHEDS With iralf-
open fronts that a nc partially or
wholly closed, ~ To4uITcS,.
with ayard ado nug, are b. many con-
sidered preferable 70 tNcSe which ar"
male To be entirely closed. In eSlimft-
ing the size of the sheds for any g!yGn
number Of sheep the rule l. g. allow ten
square feet OF ibyr 10 each animal.
when a ward adlotn,n. the -h.-i J. pro-
viiei. and twelve feet .wtleu ihere IS no
ward. Ample ventilation b. means ot
boards at the ave tU !et down, and
trap-doors in the roof 10 be opened. -
urged. Space NAV be ecnnOhILcd and
the expense of the sheds reduced bV
having a second floor for the sheep.
which is reached BY means OF "a stopping
passage way of pkInks upon when
elects are matted croSswIse 10 aiori i
foothold. A snei twenty by ~, fee.
viii mouse about one ~hunire,i sheep
Shed, are chCarly Constructed oi
clapboard around The Insidc OF the
fence lnclOsing the ,toea-NaTi. JnueI
these feeding RACKS can 1e placGd. In
addition to these shelters ~ often bui..
"A large shelter n the center 81 TIE II.
closure. Inns may be made by simply
setting posts in the gGuaud and coveg-
iny with clapboards, afterwards placing
a rOw of cIapboards, say four feet ipug,
all around it, leaving the space Lct~ccn
the cuds ot the boards and the pIaC" OF
shelter open 50 rs 20 admit free yenIi.a-
ton. \ steep roof to the shelter j. io>,
liable 10 leak and wiil atforf alargc
storage for hay. Still another plan =
10 place the she'd Al one end of the IN
clos-rc. making n side and two ends
serve the purpose IT 4 fence.
Various c>pcdicntS are resorted To for
SHELTER in climates where ilOck -ma>tca
are not Warranted in CONSTITUTION per
mancnt shc~ep-houscs, and IN ioea.!tIeS
where ordinary buildings are out Vi The
question, for wan oi material. \ ritn
of shelter that has proven objective IN
some portions OF Kansas consists n
sheds made Of cotton wool rOics AMI
coarse hay, and surrounding IN lu-
closure =, long again u, tine width, say
200 feet lun~ nv lpnfcet wide. Etlr iUal
shc.p-sicltors have been made Oh the
plains by means OF walls scmI-clrculs
in shape and constructed Of stones
roughly piled up or OF sod cat from the
PLAINS and piled about hvc fee! high.
The outside Of the curvc is placed 10
wards the north and northwest. the
direction from which the preva linz
winds blow. Where the f'ockS are
small 4 few curved walls are erected ii
accessible places and where the con-
rcurcmcnt vi fine ground give, al!i-
tiunal shelter, rs f1r instance un the
southern slope of \ hill or where a
grove helps To break the force oi the
storms. FOR larger Hooks claIor-
ate semicircular shelters are erccte,E
Temporary frames of forks and poles.
matched with straw or corn. sta. is. and
opening towards the south. may be pro-
yldcd. Another economical plan con
SiStS i'll erecting 4 shelter 1T the june
ton of tour fences whore such 4 one
exists. II will thuS be accessible 20 al
f,ur ti.lJ.-N \ II,slL