BREEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP. 



X. Water. 



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It has been said that sheep require no water when pasturing. Do not 

 listen to such folly. On very succulent grass they will live without it, 

 and as a rule, take but little. They should always have it to take when 



SUFFOLK SHEEP. 



they desire. Like any other animal, sometimes their systems requires 

 more than at others. This is especially true during suckling time. See 

 that they have it, and of pure quality. Sheep, above all other animals, 

 should never drink from stagnant pools. 



XI. Protection from Insects. 



In summer, sheep should have shelter where they may escape from the 

 many insects that torment them, especially the sheep gad fly, and others 

 producing internal parasites; also, during July and August, provide a 

 plowed surface of mellow soil, and smear their noses, if necessary, daily 

 with tar. 



XII. Early and Late Pasture and Feeding. 



The better your early and late pastures are, the easiei" you can winter 

 your sheep, especially in the West Avhere few roots are raised. Attend to 

 this, and supplement the pastures by sowing rye and other hardy cereal 

 grains, which may be done on corn land of the same season, at the last 



