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fiae ordei', but if fed to mucli extent, will injure the Iambs, and I do 

 not think sheep kept in high order with com, bear age as well; be- 

 sides, if fed with com one winter, they requii-e it 'the next, or some 

 equally nourishing food,' and will not do well on hay without it. I 

 therefore avoid feeding com, if I have plenty other suitable food. In 

 want of roots and green food, well cured cornstalks and good bright 

 hay are the most desirable fodder. 



Proper shelter, is second to no other consideration, in sheep raising. 

 And I prefer an open shed, to which they can always have access, that 

 will shield them from storms and the severest winds, and at the same 

 time afford plenty of fresh air, to any close shut up place, where they 

 are crowded in and become warm, and on going out into the cold air, 

 take cold, and are constantly troubled with coughs and snuffles. They 

 require a dry, sheltered place, but not a confined or warm one. A few 

 posts set in the gi-ound, covered with rails and straw, although not so 

 neat and tidy, aaswers every useful pm*pose. The lambs should be ta- 

 ken from the dams by the first of September, and turned into some fresh 

 and tender feed. I tum mine into the cornfield, or upon early sown 

 wheat, neither of which will they injure at all, and by December they 

 wiU be fat as seals. 



How lambs should be dipped in an infusion of tobacco, to kill 

 the ticks, and how sheep should be tagged in the spring, and all the 

 other minor items of prime importance to the sheep-grower, behold, 

 they are written in every book and treatise upon sheep-husbandry, and 

 he that neglects them, it is not because of his ignorance, but of his in- 

 dolence. 



Schoolcraft, March 17, 1854. 



THE OX AND HIS TRAINING. 



BV C. W. GREENE, OF FARMINGTON. 



J. C. Holmes, Esq., Sec^y Mich. State Agricultural Society: 

 Dear Sir — In compliance with your request, I send you an article 



on the subject of that useful animal. The Ox, and his Training. 



Formerly, his value was determined by his weight, for the purpose of 



retailing by the pound, for the food of man ; and even at the present 



