THE PRACTICAL COUNTRY GENTLEMAN 



breeding we must select a time as near like the natural 

 period of fall as possible, and have the ewes as near 

 like their natural fall condition as possible. To meet 

 these desired conditions I suggest the observance of 

 the following: 



" I. Have the ram with ewes not earlier than the 

 middle of March, not later than middle of May. 



" 2. Put the ram with the ewes nights, not days. 



" 3. Use young ram, and feed him well while in 

 service. 



" 4. Do not have ram too fat. 



" 5. Do not have ewes too thin. 



"6. If ewes were not shorn in fall, shear as early 

 as you dare. 



" 7. Feed ewes green food, such as ensilage, turnips, 

 carrots, mangels, etc., with some corn." 



Of course if the ewes lambed the previous 

 fall and are dry, it is not necessary to feed in 

 that way until a few weeks before you put the 

 ram with them. But be sure to feed them well 

 at that time. Do not forget that the natural 

 tendency of the ewes is to put on flesh in the 

 fall and to lose it in the spring. This we must 

 reverse as much as possible by feeding, and the 

 extra feed should be " green as grass." 



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