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c. From twenty days before dropping their lambs, till the 
spring pasturage commences, they have every morning at 5 
o’clock 1 pf. of clean straw; at 8 o’clock | pf. of good hay; at 
9 o’clock they go to water; at 3 o’clock in the afternoon, | pf. 
of fine hay; at 4 o’clock they again drink ; and at 6 o’clock in 
the evening they have again a pfund of clean straw. 
3dly. The wethers require the same quantity and order in their 
food, with this difference alone, that in the commencement of 
winter these receive + pf. of hay, and 34 pf. of straw, and when 
the cold weather ceases, 1 pf. of hay and 3 pf. of straw. 
4thly. The young sheep have, from the period of the com- 
plete setting in of winter, till the spring pasture, every morning 
at 5 o’clock 3 pf. of clean straw; at 8 o’clock 3 pfund of good 
hay; at 9 o’clock they go to water; at 3 o’clock they have again 
3 pf. of good hay; at 4 o’clock they again drink; and lastly,. 
at 6 in the evening have 3 pf. of straw. 
5thly. The lambs hawe generally, four weeks after their birth, 
or rather as soon as they can eat, dry food; at 8 o’clock ¢ pf. 
of fine hay each; at 12, every 6 lambs have 4; of a metze of 
oats, and at 3 in the afternoon again ¢ pf. of hay; but when 
they become stronger, they have at each feeding } pf. hay, and 
amongst four, they have one halbe of oats. 
6thly. The lambs are early taught to lick the salt, which is 
placed upon boards in quantities proportionate to their num- 
bers. 
Regulations for Feeding in ihe Summer Months. ~ 
Ist. During this season the sheep are entirely fed in the pas- 
tures. Yet.we must remember, that when the sheep first come 
into the spring pasture, they continue to receive one half of their 
winter food, that is, 1 pf. of hay in the morning before they are 
driven out, and | pf. after they come home, until the grass has 
attained its full perfection. 
2dly. As soon as the grass is grown, so that the sheep can 
find complete nourishment, the winter feeding ceases by little 
and little, and the following regulations are adopted. 
In the mofning they remain in the cot till the dew is dried 
away; they then go to water, and from that are driven to the 
pastures. Between 10 and 11 o’clock they return to the cot, 
and after 3 o’clock are driven to water, and then to the pastures, 
where they remain till the dew falls. : 
3dly. Salt, finely powdered, should be given them in small 
troughs every third day before they are driven from the field. 
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