The Somerset reporter., 1892-01-07
SHIP IN TIE NORTHWEST.
Ft,per Food and Housing for Them In
Winter.

Et4,per Food and Housing for Them In
Winter.
4 sh.qp she'd should have the opening
nil#4santh It should be on sloping
.,44uHl aad be closed all around except
at tie places Of entrance. Inside should
he ra=..s l.r hdier and low tronghs for
rr.,ie arl alheF food, and by all means
rfsr..#1. mt tu=be god ventilation, but
us.dr4rr B-MuI Tire sheds the supply
aft u4s nav - pa-.ted IN a long, low
-. #r,IaHaI.s t.ls length Of the she'd
lFa- Hal SD .s TINS side, snpposinS
itf., 5l.#,sf #aais may nave an opening
ffWo te,t IA width, along It's "hoie
length ju-t above the haystacks' Wnich
ara arranged along the wall INSIDE
rfroayh.this opening the racks can be
conveniently filled. aud the opening can
beclased at any tlnr bv drop boards hung
on leather or iron hinges. IN front OF
the shed should he large yard WIN "
tight board ltnec.
In good weather the sheep may be al
lowed to pasture in well drained mead
ows, and in cabbage or cornilelds atter
the crop has been cured. Sheep Ike such
food and fatten on it. While 1t lasts
little or no recourse need be made to the
havstacks. It is we'll, too, to have sew
eral bis humps Of rock salt in the yard
ana in the shells within reach OF the
-hep. Ii it is possible to have the water
where they can get to it at will so much
the better; there need then be no fea'
that they will drink SO much in cold
weather as to reduce their temperature
too much.
Some farmers think that sheep should
never be ~atered in very cold weather,
with snow on the ground, asserting that
the snow gives moisture enough, and
that water then reduces their tempera-
ture to such an extent that they cannot
Withstand the temperature of the
weather. The fallacy of such theory
is very apparent. In summer time,
with an abundance of green food, the
sheep drink water when they can get 1t.
| How much more then do they need 1t in
winter, when they subsist largely, and
in the northwest entirely, On dry feed.
Without water they are compelled to
eat snow, which, rs many Of Us know
from personal experience, does not salts
fly like good drink.
On the contrary, 1T serves to chill the
| stomach and mouth, which Is invariably
! followed bv n feverish condition of the
,nucuus membranes. In consequence of
tbis DIGESTION becomes seriously i'm.
haired. for the time being at least, aid
sometimes it is entirely arrested. Nox.
inns 0ases then generate in the abdomen
of the suffering animal; high fever sets
in followed nv actual blood poisoning
and fine victim dies. If its abdomen is
ouened. il is found to be filled with un
dipested food. the stomach is liberated
and sometimes the bowels are punc,u. ed
,armittiuo mart of their contents to es
cane into The abdominal cavity.
The owner looks nt the swollen. rigit
carcass. shakes his head. and saws tina
lhe animal must have eaten some poison
,u,s weed in the hay. or that il has beer
"locoad. 3" Ihave noticed time and agair
,b.t where sheen have been kent on DIR,
f,ol ,nauv DAYS in succession. and nib
bled snow because they could not pe
water some of them sickened and die,
ne described. while wafer was piyen then
a,,ca =, d,v there was NOT n sicl, ANNA
i, tho Loft
III. interior Of fine shed should be wei