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and roots immediately given, of potatoes two, or 

 ruta-baga three bushels to a hundred per day, until 

 about lambing-time, when that quantity is to be in- 

 creased to three bushels of the former and four and 

 three quarter bushels of the latter. Both flocks 

 should receive a foddering of straw or good corn- 

 fodder three times a week, generally at night, of 

 which they will eat a considerable portion, while 

 the orts serve for litter. 



The three-year old wethers will go through the 

 winter on hay, with an occasional foddering of 

 straw, the orts of which serve them for litter. But 

 the younger wethers require better feed, and, being 

 hard to winter, the best hay should be given them, 

 with some small additions, of grain or roots, say one 

 fifth of a pound of grain, or three quarters of a pound 

 of potatoes, or one and a quarter pounds of ruta- 

 baga. 



It being very desirable that the lambs should go 

 through the winter in the best possible condition, 

 much care is required ; and having given them a 

 few sheaves of oats every evening before they were 

 taken out of the pasture, it remains now to be de- 

 termined as to the kind and quantity of feed they 

 are to receive. This ought to be the best hay, and 

 as much of it as they will eat without cloying. If 

 it is well mixed with white and red clover, and has 

 been cut in good season and well cured, it should be 

 eaten up clean. In addition to this, from a quarter 

 to half a bushel of oats per hundred head may be 

 their daily allowance, as circumstances require. 



The flock of invalids, having been placed in the 

 warmest situation, claim every care and attention ; 

 and no pains or trouble must be spared to carry 

 them through the winter, so that the old ewes shall 

 be enabled to raise a lamb each, which will pay foi 

 all the extra expense and trouble the whole have cost. 

 In connexion with the foregoing remarks, it be- 

 comes necessary to ascertain the feeding properties 

 of grain, ny>ts, and straw, as compared with hay, to 



