30 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



air and light, you must feed at stated times, and you must 

 have thrifty dams; with these, if you are a good shepherd, 

 you should succeed. 



Question. How early should rape be put in ? 



Mr. Hakrls. You can be sure of a good croj) if yuu jnit it 

 in about June 15. 



Question. How many sheej) will an acre of rape probably 

 keep ? 



Mr. Harris. I don't know. Suppose you had a flock of 

 sheep that you hadn't been feeding rape during the season, 

 when the time comes to feed rape they haven't the rape ap- 

 petite. You must raise your rape with the idea of feeding 

 your sheep after the flower of feed is passed ; when the green 

 grass is gone, then have rape to turn them on. I do not ad- 

 vise turning the sheep in early in the season. I always 

 keep a box of salt in the pasture. 



I have a leg of mutton here that never was under a shingle 

 until it was dressed, and never had a mouthful of grain of 

 any kind. I doubt if there ever was a better leg of mutton 

 shown to an audience or any person. It is good enough for 

 anybody. 



Question. Did you kill it? 



Mr. Harris. Y^es. If I took this leg of mutton and hung 

 it on a hook anywhere in this hall, after about eleven weeks 

 it would lose that taste which clings in the roof of the 

 mouth. 



Question. Which would be preferable, to have it hung 

 in the cellar or in a dry room upstairs ? 



Mr. Harris. If the walls were damp, the mold would 

 bother you ; but take a cold room, where it wouldn't freeze, — 

 never put it in a refrigerator, but take care of it in the open 

 air. Suppose you hang it in the cellar and it gets covered 

 with mold, it hasn't hurt your mutton any. 



Question. Any possibility of its freezing in this season 

 of the year ? 



Mr. Harris. ISTo ; I don't think so. 



Question. How can you secure it from rats and mice ? 



