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. keep anyone from stealing sheep,
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70 aad from the fold
Instead OF cultiTa.iag all OF their
la1d. a. most farmers are doing some
q il should be used for pasture for
sleep- They wiII make the and rieh,
and n few yezrs the pasture ezu Dc
cultivated and another section OF land
can De devoted 70 pastariug purposes
! hare some land that have treated as
abOTe suggested. AMI the improvement
has been SO great Thai ths yield Of
crops has br-n more than doubled
ETerr progressive farmer should strive
70 cause two blades OF grass 20 grow
where only one grew before
What breed Of sheep IS the best? s
question ofsen asked some
prefer one breed and sorae another,
each che claiming that the breed
that be fancies IS the best. 50,
when doctors disagree who can de-
cidezz When / first commenced rais-
ing sheep I bought the best native
ewes that / could. and most Of them
were good sheep. l bred them first 70
Cotsxold rams TO give them sizs, then
! bred them 70 Mafino rams 10 give
them a better class Of wool aud 10
make them strong and hardy. | found
that the Cotswold sheep was too deli
cate for the sonth. and that the Aeri-
no vas not a first-class sheep for NUT
ton. had seen other breeds tried, and
from observation | decided that the
African broadtaii sheep was the best
that / had seen, SO / have bred to
broad-tail rams for the past i3 years.
They are well suited for this couu-
try. and one OF the best, If not the best.
mutton sheep in the world. They are
easy to keep fat, and are strong and
vigorous The ewes are excellent
suckers. They drop their lambs early,
and, | think, breed as early as any
sheep, and earlier than most sheep.
Early fat lambs always find ready sale
at good prices.
Wool is higher now than it has been
for several years and the money from
the sale of lambs and wool comes at a
time OF the year when money is usual
Is scarce with most farmers.
Sheep are fond Of change Of food
Our native pastures furnish sufficient
variety OF grasses and. weeds, except in
winter. Then feed them on pea vines and
cotton-seed hulls and meal, and it is
best to have something green during
winter for them to Craze on OCCASION
allY. raise red rust-proof oats large
ly, and | let my sheep Craze on the
early sOwn oats when the ground is
not too wet. If grain IS large enough,
judicious grazing with sheep is bene-
fetal TO the grain and, OF course, is
much relished By the sheep. | have
known pastures that had 50 many wild
onions in them that the milk from
cows was not fit to use, and a short
while after a flock of sheep grazed
ir them you could scarcely see
any sign of wild onions. Salt
should be kept where the sheep can
have access to it whenever they
wish, as they seem to want it often,
but not too much at a time, but salt
should never be put with their food, or
in the food of any animal. as thev
would eat more salt than they would
otherwise, and too much salt is iniu-
rious.
have given close attention to rails
ing and caring for sheep. | have had
q ute a number of people tell me that
| had the best flock OF sheep that they
ever saw, W hich is indeed encouraging
to Inc. l have now some of the finest
lambs that | ever saw. When want
fresh mutton to eat, l find it hard
to decide which one to kill | am SO
busy that | have to write this letter
by piecemeal, which is a very unsatis-
factory way Of writing, for when a
person has to stop writing to attend to
other things, or is interrupted, he is
almost sure to get his mind off the
subject. or lose some thoughts that he