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and yet have an ample supply to fatten on. It is better to 

 supplement with corn, oats, pea vines, turnips, or hay, than 

 otherwise, if needed. 



Sometimes it is better to divide the flock, keeping the 

 ewes and lambs on the best and terulerest grass, and the 

 wethers arid bucks on the worst. Of course these remarks 

 only apply to sheep confined within the limits of a farm. 

 On a range it is only necessary to move the flock to a fresh 

 spot when one becomes exhausted. 



A flock must be closely watched to see that the pasture 

 does not become exhausted. When the nourishment be- 

 comes insufficient the secretion that goes to form wool be- 

 comes arrested to a great degree, and there occurs a "break" 

 in the fullness and strength of the fibre. This is not appa- 

 rent to the owner, but the manufacturer discovers it at once, 

 and the price is lessened. When it comes to be combed or 

 carded the fibres will snap at this point of weakness, thus 

 rendering the wool almost worthless. Overfeeding for a 

 while, and then underfeeding, is more liable to produce 

 these breaks than if the sheep had been kept on short al- 

 lowance all the time, for then there will be an evenness in 

 the fleece not otherwise to be secured. 



A water supply is of the utmost consequence to the well- 

 being of sheep, and this water, if possible, should be a liv- 

 ing stream. Hard water, it is said, or water abounding in 

 potash, soda and lime, is far better than soft or rain water, 

 as it assists in supplying the salts that so largely go ta the 

 iormation of the sheep. But this has not always proved 

 true in this State. The soft water of the highlands has 

 watered many healthy flocks. Should a flock become deli- 

 cate, the constant access to boxes containing the following 

 mixture will prove beneficial: Equal parts of salt, Epsom 

 salts, bone dust, phosphate of lime, saltpetre, and a smaller 

 quantity of copperas. 



Attention should be given to the slope of the pasture, to- 

 wards or from the sun. Nothing injures sheep more than 



