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of course, will need to be sown by the last of July; it will 

 then be fit for grazing by the 10th of September, and will 

 furnish a fresh run of strong succulent pasture, which with 

 a small ration of corn and bran will put the ewes to gaining 

 rapidly and will put them in excellent breeding shape, in 

 which they will be far more likely to produce twins than 

 they otherwise would, and the percentage of ewes that fail 

 to catch will be reduced to a minimum. 



The ewes should have tags of wool cut away before the 

 ram is turned on them; and a record should be kept of all 

 ewes bred each week. This can be easily done by changing 

 the mark on the ram each week, so that the ewes bred one 

 week will be marked with black paint, the next week with 

 red, etc. ; and at the end of each week each ewe that has 

 been bred should be caught and her tag number recorded. 



In conclusion, it should be noted that the really essential 

 thing is to have a fresh run of pasture on which to start the 

 ewes to gaining rapidly; this, with the fact that the sudden 

 diversion of blood into the system from the cessation of 

 secretions in the mammary glands, will very quickly bring 

 them into season, and if they are gaining the probabilities of 

 a high percentage in lamb crop will be greatly increased. 



