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4. He must use good, sound judgment in the 

 every-day work. 



5. He must feed liberally and not hold the wrong 

 idea that sheep can live on little or nothing. 



Wherever these few points are constantly ob- 

 served and practiced, there need be no fear that 

 misfortunes will come to the flock. Most of the 

 failures in sheep husbandry may be attributed 

 directly to carelessness and negligence on the part 

 of the shepherd, for no breed of sheep will do well 

 under the management of a shiftless shepherd. A 

 disinterested shepherd who has no interest in the 

 welfare of his flock is just as bad as dogs that get 

 among the flock and destroy them. Many times a 

 shepherd does not think and does not use a little 

 common horse sense, and then attributes every- 

 thing that has gone wrong to bad luck. When we 

 see a poor flock we generally find a poor shepherd 

 back of it. 



Many shepherds would be benefited if they could 

 take a trip to England and learn from the success- 

 ful shepherds of that country how they handle 

 their flocks, and after studying their methods of 

 raising sheep, on their way back, could go through 

 Canada and especially through Ontario and see 

 how our Canadian friends conduct the business. 

 While once in a while unfavorable conditions and 

 environment may bring about trouble, in the ma- 



