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" Pease, sheep eat very eagerly ; they consumed 

 two pounds per head per day, drank two to three 

 quarts of water in twenty-four hours, and the ani- 

 mals remained perfectly healthy. In an unsoaked 

 condition, they are nard for sheep to eat, and affect 

 their teeth. 



" Wheat, sheep eat greedily, and it disposes them 

 to be very lively ; they consumed two pounds per 

 head daily, drank from two to three quarts of water, 

 and remained perfectly healthy. 



" Rye, sheep do not eat readily, and it does not 

 suit them well, as the above results in the increase 

 of weight show : they drank from two to three quarts 

 of water daily. 



" Barley : of this the sheep ate two and a half 

 pounds per head daily, and throve upon it, drinking 

 three quarts of water in twenty-four hours. 



" Oats the same as barley. 



" Buckwheat the sheep ate with great avidity, and 

 with the best results as to health and liveliness. A 

 sheep can eat from three to four pounds, and will 

 drink from two and a half to three quarts of water 

 in twenty-four hours. 



" Of gd hay a sheep can consume four and a 

 half pounds, and will drink from two and a half to 

 three quarts of water in twenty-four hours." 



Mr. W. A. Kreisig, a celebrated farmer in East 

 Prussia, considers that one pound of oil-cake meal 

 is as nutritious as two pounds of good hay. 



80 Ibs. of clov ^r hay* are equal to 100 Ibs. mead- 

 ow hay. 



80 Ibs. lucerne and sainfoin, to 100 Ibs. do. 



200 Ibs. sound and well-cured vetches and pea- 

 vines, to 100 Ibs. do. 



300 Ibs. sound barley and oat straw, to 100 Ibs. do. 



* Note by the Translator The clover in Germany grows 

 finer than the clover in this section of country : it resembles 

 more the Pennsylvania clover, and yields two crops a season. 

 It is cut when in full blow, and well cured in cocks. 



