None of the stock have been pampered or kept in no STOCK 

 a way that a private person could not do. All the pampered. 

 pure bred stock, both cattle and sheep, are out day 

 and night all the year round, that is, they are grazing 

 all day and are in bomas of wire without any cover- 

 ing at night. 



Among ewes the general deathrate was low, but 

 as regards grade lambs it was higher this year than 

 usual, and much higher than in th^ pure Merino 

 lambs 



To the pure Merino rams during the tupping 

 season I always give a feed of crushed maize. I am 

 also a believer in giving young Merino rams in this 

 country a little feed of some kind — lucerne or crushed 

 maize — and in grazing them out all day. I find they 

 do ever so much better when treated in this way; the 

 feed being discontinued at a later date and resumed 

 at tupping time." 



The beginner would be well advised to buy sound .\dvick. 

 good ewes of strong constitution to start with, and 

 to spend a short time on a sheep farm, especially 

 during shearing, before moving on his own. At 

 the start the beginner is bound to have some losses, 

 but he will find that as soon as his flock has got 

 acclimatized to his farm, sheep are undoubtedly 

 one of the most profitable branches of farming in 

 British East Africa. 



A BREEDER. 



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