The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1883-01-26

dried out of It.. It wants green food in
summer; it wants water also, and ii
wants shade. Nothing is better than an
apple orchard. and shed to run in when
it wants to-and that it does If you salt
it there as YOU should. Besides. it is a
good place to bait" sheep when the
grass gets short. This you must do in a
dry time, for depend upon it they will
yuaw the field us bare as common, and
the drouth will kill what the sheep leave.
Keep up the feed. A man must work il
he keeps sheep as well as when he keeps
cows. This is what makes the growth
and makes the money. You want the
food worked up. and the more the better
that is what sheep are kept for. Fat
sheep make fat ileeces, fat lambs and
bring fat prices. There will be an in
come in the worst time. and when the
good time comes, as it is sure to do, you
VIII be prepared for it and sweep the
board.
Sheep are much like people. Treat
them as you would yourself. Give all
the salt they want. all the water, all the
shade. and all The grass and browsing
and baiting--they like varicty-and see
that they are not worried by dogs. In
winter continue the treatment as near as
you can. for the sheep is the same, re-
qurng the same. The nearest is to pro-
vide young hay never bleachcd, q little
grain. roomy shed, a roomy yard, wa
ter always at hand. and if you add a
mess of roots once Il day all the better.
Keep dry yard for them. If you have
large sleep-the large kind mean-you
want more room. or divide your sheep
into small flock. The small Merinos
Tor IN, Il
they want it. but do not crowd. A sheen
seen to as it should be will bring in more
net money than any other stock. There
will be no risk to speak of with your
lambs. If they come in the snow or in
very cold weather. and the mothers are
weak. the lambs will perish, as they
might. This fussing with weak lambs
shows that the business is badly man
aged. Keep the sheep strong and hearty
and there will be no danger of losing
either sheep or lambs. and the chances
will be for twins, and that they will
be brought up, and will be prime
ones. bringing the top of the market
and often more. if you have early, large
lambs and all alike. know what say
Strong sheep work up fodder to advant.
age; only see that the food is in the
right condition. Feed early and late in
the winter, and take care that you dc
not waste. Give enough, and no more
This keeps the appetite good.
There is ono bad practice to avoid; il
is the common one of letting your sheer
run out late i'm the fall. Some keel
them out till winter. have seen then
paw in the snow to get their feed. anC
short feed at that; this is murder. TAX,
| in your sheep with the first cold rains. O,
sooner. This will favor the sheep anC
favor the grass. The dung of the sheer
will help the growth, and in the sprin.
you will get the early benefit. Do no
keep sheep because you think it an cas-,
way to make money the money will no
come. 1t requires work; it require
your time to see to the sheep, and thi
every day. Not every man is fit to keel
sheep. Many try it and give it up, be
cause they do not succeed. Sheep ar
poor dumb animals and must be take
care of. If you cannot do this, let shee
alone Country Gentleman.