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FEEDING OF SHEEP. 



For instance, plot 1 is fed by placing the hurdles from a to b 

 and from c to d. riot 2 is fed by moving the hurdle line c d to 

 b e. The next setting of the hurdles is from c to f; the next from 

 b to g; the next from h to i; the next from b to k and the next and 

 last from I to ra. 



Growing Peas as Valuable Food for Sheep For 

 summer feeding peas will furnish as good a crop as any which can 

 be provided. If cropped by the animals when the peas are six 

 inches high they will immediately renew their growth and the second 

 crop will be fuller than the first. It is not desirable, however, 

 that the sheep should eat the pea crop too closely to the ground, 

 and they should be moved frequently, by means of the hurdles, so 

 that this may be avoided. Under good circumstances and careful 

 management by the herder, a crop of peas may well furnish feed 

 for a nock of sheep at least three times during a season. This veg- 

 etable matter contains a large nutritive power and its quality is 

 most desirable. It stands in the same category as clover and both 

 rank as the best feed, particularly of animals which are not matured, 

 and whose early maturity is desired, because they are especially 

 abundant in the elements which supply the bones, the muscles and 

 the nervous system which gives the vigor. There is another 

 advantage in feeding growing peas to sheep, and that is, because 

 the vegetable will grow upon almost any variety of soil, whether 

 heavy or light. It is not necessary that the ground be particularly 

 fertile, and. any dry soil of a clay character will produce a fine crop. 



