LIVE-STOCK AND DAIRYING. 



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SOUTHDOWN EWES ON PASTURE. 



choice herbage, perhaps of clover or of vetches, or of 

 peas and oats, or of turnips. The hurdles being 

 moved daily give the lambs always fresh, rich food, 

 and thus they fatten rapidly, and often at the age of 

 six months will weigh as much as 100 to 150 pounds. 



HAMPSHIRE LAMBS IN HURDLES. 



