WANBOROUGH PLAIN DAYS 



My flock of 500 Hampshire Down ewes took a 

 daily walk of nearly three miles to get their fill of 

 water. Penning on some stubbles somewhere near 

 Chandlers Trees, they left the fold in the early 

 morning and strolled leisurely down through the 

 farm, feeding a bit here and there, to the brook at 

 Lyddington, resting for three hours and then 

 wandered back for the night. How well they 

 thrived on the treatment and what a crop of lambs 

 we had in the following year ! Let others find 

 fault with dry summers, but I like 'em. Stock prices 

 may feel a draught, but yields from your straw 

 are generally good. 



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