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to be exposed to long and continuous blasts of cold wind. 

 They produce much discomfort, that will, if continued long, 

 result in sickness, drooping and death. Place two flocks on 

 the different sides of a hill, and one can quickly see the 

 vast difference that soon makes its appearance in the sheep. 

 The wool of the northern slope will become harsh, whiter, 

 less even, and the sheep will look dejected and drooping. 

 The lambs are affected by it in a still more sensible manner. 

 They lose their friskiness and seem not to wish to play. 



It rarely ever occurs in our State, and that is one cause 

 of its superiority as a sheep- raising country, that the feed 

 on a good pasture becomes exhausted from heat or drought. 

 But it does sometimes occur. When it does, the feed must 

 be supplemented by green soiling. A prudent farmer will 

 always have a crop of this kind to be used in case of emer- 

 gency, as, if not used, it can easily be converted into hay 

 for winter use. Peas, beans, millet, sorghum sowed broad- 

 cast, corn sowed in the same manner, clover, mustard, will, 

 together with the dry food already saved, such as oats, hay 

 and various others, answer all the purposes. With a 

 scythe-blade and a sled, the sheep can, in a few minute's 

 work, have their racks filled for the day's use. 



The writer cannot pass without commending in the heart- 

 iest manner the use of sown sorghum as a green food. An 

 acre, to be cut as used, and thrown in a rack under cover, 

 will give an astonishing amount of green food. Its large 

 quantity of saccharine juices is very delicious to all manner 

 of stock. A farmer who once tries it, will ever afterwards 

 provide himself with it. A bushel of seed to the acre, 

 sown down on well-prepared, rich land, and harrowed in, 

 early after frosts have ceased, will do in a couple of months, 

 or even earlier, to begin on, and it can be cut over three 

 or four times before it is destroyed by frost. 



Rye for sheep should be sown in the corn-fields with the 

 last plowing. Then, by the time frost destroys vegeta- 

 tion, there will be a wealth of green food for the stock. 

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