June 2, 190S.'] Agricultural Gazette of N.S. TV, 493 



It is claimed by some that foxes will not take baits which have been handled 

 in their preparation but the contrary has been our experience. 



Where sheep are kept on wheat farms — and no such farm should be without 

 them — they should be turned on to stubble or fallowed land, as they perform 

 valuable service in cleaning up fallen grain, and to some extent fertilising 



Border-Leicester x Merino Lambs. 



the soil, while at the same time they utilise weeds and other matter which 

 would later become a source of trouble but for their agency. In cultivation 

 paddocks it is of great advantage to sheep that shade be provided for them. 



Second Cross Lamis— Border-Leicester on Lincoln-Merino. 



When fertilisers are used for wheat and the land is lat«r allowed to return 

 to grass it will be found that cultivation has considerably increased its carry- 

 ing capacity. 



In a paddock of 300 acres which is alternately cropped and allowed to 

 return to pasture, we have carried in a good season 1,400 sheep and lambs 



