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they eat than most farm animals. It will never do 

 to try to make them eat grain that has been 

 scratched over by the chickens many times and is 

 soiled. Nor can they under ordinary circumstances 

 be forced to eat some of the commercial feeds, or 

 hay that has a bad odor. The feed troughs must, 

 furthermore, be thoroughly cleaned out before 

 each meal and must always be kept in a sweet 

 condition. Have you ever noticed that wherever 

 there are a few droppings of a sheep in the feed 

 trough sheep will eat all the clean grain around 

 this place, but will not touch the soiled grain that is 

 on or near it? It will certainly pay any feeder to 

 practice cleanliness, as the sheep itself is a clean 

 animal. 



3. Punctuality. By punctuality we mean in this 

 case that a certain time be scheduled for feeding 

 each day, and for each meal in particular. This 

 time should be fixed definitely right at the start. 

 Brother feeder, have you ever stopped to realize 

 the importance of punctuality in sheep feeding? 

 Have you ever considered how much better and 

 cheaper gains can be made in feeding when the 

 time set for each meal is strictly adhered to? 



Visit a good feeder, get into deep conversation 

 with him on some important subject, and try to 

 make him forget the time for feeding his sheep. 

 You will notice him pulling out his watch every 



