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Sheep should be constantly watched, and should any 

 of them become diseased, they should at once be removed 

 from the others and placed to themselves to be doctored. 

 It is often the case that the diseases are contagious, and the 

 danger of communicating to the other sheep should be 

 avoided. A whole flock is often lost by want of attention 

 to this necessity of carefulness. 



To keep them in good heart frequent change of pasture 

 is absolutely necessary. Sheep naturally love change, and 

 one often wonders at the avidity shown in eating when 

 passed from an old to a new field. If continued too long 

 in one place they become restless, and will try to jump out 

 and seek that relief their nature seems to require. To keep 

 them quiet and contented, therefore, when they begin to 

 wander about and become restless, change their quarters. 

 The fields, if large, should be cut into smaller ones to accom- 

 modate this peculiarity, or if they are on a range, let them 

 be driven to another section. 



