196 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



year as a two-year-old, unless some of the old flesh 

 has been taken off and new flesh substituted in its 

 place. The old flesh left on the sheep becomes 

 soft and stale, and the skin gets pale and will not 

 have the desired "bloom." 



This work of reducing flesh has to be done just 

 as carefully as putting on flesh. The writer knows 

 of a first prize winning sheep that was sold to a 

 man who did not know how to reduce it. In spite 

 of the fact that he was warned to be careful and 

 not let it down in condition too fast, he killed the 

 sheep in less than one month by reducing the flesh 

 too quickly through cutting down the feed. The 

 reduction in feed, especially grain, must be made 

 very gradually, so that the sheep do not experi- 

 ence a great drop in the amount of feed at any 

 time. Remember that lots of exercise is necessary 

 to bring show sheep back into natural condition, 

 just as much as it was in fitting them for the ring. 

 Indeed, exercise is one of the most important fac- 

 tors in letting them down in condition. 



