No. L] SIIEKP INDUSTRY. 29 



rcgiihii'Iv, (loii'l kvr\) slice]). Our slu^op cHre iiothincj for cold 

 or storm or i-nin, it' tlio other coiidilions are lived iin to. 



We have been discussing sheep from the standpoint of a 

 niiddle-wooled sheep, because the most if not all are of that 

 breinl in this State, many of my remarks wonld be A^ery much 

 out of jdace in t:ilkin,i;' about coarse-wooled sheep or the me- 

 rinos. The rcariui;- of coarscs-wooled sheep, although pi-ofit- 

 able and interesting to a wonderful degree, is not likely to 

 be taken up in this State, — in fact, I would advise you to 

 buy no sheep whose wool will part on the back in a long, cold 

 rain; if it will, you must put the animal under cover when- 

 ever a storm comes, while one that will not part nnder those 

 conditions will never need cover, and if it ever runs at the 

 nose, it will be from shutting up in some warm place, where 

 it should never be. 



We have said nothing about the raising of pure-bred sheep, 

 for, while this field is large and can be made very profitable, 

 the man likely to go into that needs no hint of ours. 



Neither have I discussed the relative merits of the ditfer- 

 ent breeds of sheep. I used to think that there was but one 

 breed of sheep, and for me there is not ; but I have been 

 beaten so many times, and seen my favorite beaten by every 

 breed nnder the sun, that the conceit is all taken out of 

 me. There is no best breed ; the sheep you like and the 

 sheep best suited to yonr conditions is the sheep for you to 

 breed. 



There is another side to the sheep question. Toil as you 

 will, use all the care yon can, yet some disease may come 

 along, some parasite too small for the human eye to see, per- 

 haps one that the wisest veterinary knows nothing about, and 

 your sheep die on your hands. You know no remedy, you 

 can only struggle with what seems an unseen and relentless 

 enemy. Use all the care you are master of, when bringing 

 strange sheep into your flock, to get only healthy ones. It 

 is not a bad plan to dip all sheep that you get from outside, 

 and your lambs should be di])ped each year directly after 

 shearing the dams. 



To sum up, you must raise rape, you must give the flock 



