FITTING SHEEP 



precocity and fecundity, can be profitably bred without the 

 least ill effects, provided the food and care supplied is of the 

 right standard. As far as constitution goes, nothing need be 

 feared." 



Using Ram Lambs. 



The Hampshire breeders of England almost invariably use 

 ram lambs as sires in their flocks, and the plan is found to 

 give good results. But the Hampshire is an exceedingly ro- 

 bust animal and, as is well known, is a very precocious and 

 very early maturing sheep. I have made experiment in using 

 Shropshire ram lambs, as sires, but for more reasons than 

 one I prefer a yearling for service, and I cannot with any 

 degree of confidence recommend the using of ram lambs 

 generally. 



Breeding of Dorsets Twice a Year. 



It is an undeniable truth that Dorsets will breed twice 

 in one year. I have, since being in this country, bred a Dor- 

 set ewe flock when the lambs have been suckling their dams. 

 But this course is disastrous to the flock, and therefore no 

 benefit to the flockmaster, the lambs being appreciably 

 smaller, and the ewe considerably harmed by such methods. 

 The lambs in question showed unmistakable evidence of 

 weakened constitutions, were badly attacked by the 

 stomach worm, and otherwise showed themselves to be unde- 

 sirable property. Although we undoubtedly get a great num- 

 ber of lambs from this method, it is extremely doubtful if we 

 get as many dollars as when the ewes are bred once only 

 in a year, 



