MANAGEMENT OF FLOCK. 



The following extract from a paper read by MR. ANDREW 

 E. MANSELL, before The London Farmer's Club, on April 2gth, 

 1901, is well worth reproducing, and puts in a nutshell much of 

 the advice embraced in this Pamphlet: 



MANAGEMENT. 



" I could say a great deal upon this subject, but if I could say 

 all I knew, it would be very little compared with what I have to 

 learn. It is well to remember that the very best animals can 

 easily be spoilt if badly managed. I would like to say, however, 

 to all arable farmers, give this branch of your business all the 

 care and thought you can, for sheep are the best crop you can 

 produce, and by proper management, sheep are the best means 

 of growing all farm crops, and on some land the only way of 

 securing crops. I would also add, give them plenty of attention, 

 put on an extra hand if required, and you will be repaid the 

 expense over and over again. Don't neglect them at harvest, or 

 at any other time, and be most careful to avoid foot-rot. If well 

 attended to, and properly managed, you can largely increase the 

 number of your sheep, only remembering, that sheep, but 

 especially lambs, won't thrive on stale pastures, the more change 

 they have the better. If you wish to keep them thickly on the 

 ground, and have them healthy and free from injurious parasites, 

 you must grow crops for them, and keep them as much as 

 possible on the arable land." 



DATE FOR PUTTING RAM TO EWES. 



One of the chief points to be considered before putting the 

 ewes to the ram is, when will the farm be able to keep the lambs 

 growing and thriving, without a check? In a pedigree flock, it 



