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Newspaper
Freeport Weekly Journal
Location
Freeport, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1866
Page
2
Circular from FLO D McKay general agent of American Emigrant Company outlines sheep management for 10,600 plus flocks on farms. Advice covers shelter, lambing, feeding, yarding, disease care, shearing, wool protection, foot care, and note on keeping records and reference to Beckford Register.
A farmer can shield tools and machinery from rain and sun by building a simple lean shelter in two rows of posts with square tops, poles as plates, rafters, straw thickly spread, and a sloped roof to shed water. The design creates a warm, dry space for fowls and aids drying wind. even with imperfect rain runoff, it preserves wood and metal parts when proper buildings are unavailable.
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