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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 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 

 little while to see whether the time for feeding has 



