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 modi:l designs for faumeuies. 391 sliecp-liousc at Cclle was designed. Fig 803 shows the ground plan, in which a a a a are double racks and mangers, lilce that, shown in fig. 802, pl.iced lengthwise in the 803 Ft.6 3 6 12 "* . 24 Ft. middle of the building ; and 6 6a single rack and manger, continued round three sides. There are three doors at one end, c c c. These doors may be seen shut in the elevation, fig. 804 ; and the double and single racks may be seen in the cross section, fig. 805. 804 in this section, also, are seen two bull's-eye openings, d d, in the end, for ventilation, and which are kept open at all times. Fig. 806 is the side elevation, in which are shown the situation of small sliding shutters, immediately under the eaves, at e e, and that of small 806 iZ^ liM 1^ u u u uvjj |y/j «y" " -^ -^Ailg? openings close to the ground, at ff, which have also sliding shutters, and which are. for the purpose of establishing a current of air on a level with the soil. Fig. 807 is a 807 longitudinal section, showing the framing of the roof. The dimensions of this sheep- house are thirty feet in width, and seventy feet in length; giving, exclusive of the space occuiiied by the racks, eight parallelograms, marked from 1 to 8, in fig. 803, each thirty feet by ten feet, and each containing sufficient room for thirty sheep in lamb, or fifty without lambs. The racks cover a space of 370 superficial feet, exclusive of the 24,00O feet devoted to the sheep. The great merit of this structure is its economy ; it liaving cost only i,117 : 10s., which was mainly owing to the circumstance of its construction requiring only short pieces of wood j none of these exceeding twelve feet, or measuring