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develop their lambs. All kinds of sheep should be allowed 

 to run out upon the o-iNMind daily in the late fall and early 

 winter, so long as the ground is bare. This is necessary 

 for their exercise, which promotes health, strengtli and 

 vigor. A reasonable amount of exercise is necessary for 

 sheep during the entire winter and spring. Sulphur and 

 ashes should be fed to sheep with their salt during the win- 

 ter. Sulphur is healthy for the sheep and is offensi\'e to 

 vermin. The ashes are also healthy and are essential for 

 V) reeding ewes. 



I presume that some of you liave seen lambs that when 

 they were first dropped were strong ; their dams gave a good 

 qua;ntity of milk, yet in a few days the lambs would l)egin 

 to droop and finally die. If you were to open the stomach 

 of such laml)s, in some cases you would find it packed and 

 distended with a hard curd which was the cause of their 

 death. The remedy for this is to feed the lireeding ewes 

 with some kind of a mild alkali like ashes, for some time 

 previous to their lambs being dropped. 



Sheep should be turned out upon the ground daily as 

 soon as there is a spot bare that is large enough for them 

 to stand upon, for the air in their pens and stables is gen- 

 erally impure, and no amount of good feed will supply the 



lack of good air and exercise. 



There are various diseases which sheep and lambs some- 

 times have, and troubles to encounter in breeding sheep. 

 There are causes for all of these. It should be one of the 

 studies of the sheep breeder to learn what those causes are 

 and avoid them. "When we do that we shall make good 

 luck in sheep husbandly. 



