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time than is given among us to that object ; and in our Indian 

 corn and meal, we have an article for this object, which, in 

 nutritive properties, when given to almost any animal, is not 

 surpassed, if it be equalled, by any others. Our sheep, in gen- 

 eral, are fed with hay, corn or meal, oil-cake, and potatoes ; 

 and if put up in good condition, are in six weeks, under ju- 

 dicious and faithful care, made fit for market. In selecting 

 sheep for fatting, it is indispensable to success, to select those 

 which are in thrifty and good condition. If is in vain 

 to undertake by any mode of feeding, to fat a poor or lean 

 sheep with any hope whatever of profit or success. The 

 greatest profit will always be made upon the fattest and thrif- 

 tiest sheep ; and loss is almost certain to be incurred by any at- 

 tempt to stall-feed a lean or unthrifty sheep. The best age for 

 selecting wethers to fatten, is from three to five years old. 

 They must be fed with the utmost regularity and exactness ; 

 strangers must not be suftered to go among them ; and the 

 greatest pains must be taken not to disturb or alarm them. If 

 folded, fifty are as many as should ever be put in one enclosure, 

 and a less number would be better. There should be a shed 

 under which they may take shelter at their pleasure, and 

 where they may always find a dry bed ; and their yards, like- 

 wise, should be always abundantly littered, because if suffered 

 or compelled to stand in wet yards, where there exists a pre- 

 disposition, they are liable to become infected with the foot 

 rot, a most troublesome disorder, and fatal to all thrift, separate 

 from its infectious character, which will cause it to diffuse it- 

 self rapidly through a large flock. Their feeding troughs, 

 likewise, and mangers, should be kept thoroughly clean, and 

 their yards well supplied with pure water. In selecting sheep 

 for stall-feeding, the fine-wooled kinds often make up for want 

 of size in the superior value of the fleece. 



This matter is of so much importance to the farmers in the 

 interior, that I shall go more at large into it, and illustrate it 

 bysome actual experiments, of which I have received an au- 

 thentic account. 



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