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definite about the matter, and the sheep farmer had better devote his 

 time and attention to improving the general standard of his sheep 

 than waste his efforts in futile attempts to attain results when he is 

 ignorant of the causes that influence them. When country is 

 sparsely stocked, it is a flattering thing for the sheep farmer to think 

 that he can so breed his sheep as to produce a very large percentage 

 of ewes, but I have never heard of any one doing it yet. We often 

 see some stud ewes breed a long succession oi ram lambs when put 

 to a different sire each year, while others treated similarly will give 

 birth to a long succession of ewe lambs. 



