as oats, put on thick, not less than three bushels to the acre. When 

 up so as to look green and grassy turn on; don't be afraid as there 

 is no more risk than with grass. It is good practice though, with 

 any special fall pasture, to turn on grass first for a few hours. Your 

 other pasture will last longer, and your sheep will do better. 



SUMMER CARR OF PREGNANT EWES. 



Good summer care is a very simple matter. Three things are 

 necessary, grass, water, shade. In the matter of grass, either good 

 native pasture or a run in clover or alfalfa will do. There is this 

 danger of clover or alfalfa pasture for the ewe not giving suck to a 

 lamb, she is apt to become too fat. There is nothing equal to blue 

 grass at this period. But in using it one should remember the dang- 

 er of parasitic infection that comes from the use of blue grass. We 

 will speak of this later. Water should be clean, as fresh as is pos- 

 sible to supply, kept in raised troughs that can not become fouled 

 with excrements. There is danger of parasitic infection from the 

 drinking water. This is especially true when the sheep are requir- 

 ed or allowed to suck up their drink from marshy seeps, tiny streams, 

 grass-borded or stagnant pools. The excrements roll down and 

 pollute the water, the germs that they doubtless contain are hatch- 

 ed there, the sheep take them in again and in ever increasing num- 

 bers. And while mature ewes will not often pine away and die as 

 lambs will, yet none the less is it weakening to them to be preyed 

 upon by these internal parasites. Not only stomach-worms but 

 tape-worms are spread by the too continual use of pastures. It is a 

 safe rule never to stock a pasture to its capacity with sheep. Bet- 

 ter always keep half on it what it would carry and graze it also with 

 cows, or perhaps horses. 



vSHADE. 



You may depend upon it that your tlock will seek shade and 

 will need it. If you are wise you will train them to come to the 

 bam, or to sheds, where they will get the most comfort and their 

 droppings will be under cover. There are two things gained by 

 this. The manurial value of the droppings is saved, whereas if 

 they are piled year after year beneath forest trees they do you very 

 little good, and the damger of infecting the land is much reduced. I 



