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come, and when the hour has arrived he will un- 

 doubtedly ask to be excused so that he may do his 

 feeding. He is aware of the fact that his sheep 

 are accustomed to getting their meals at a certain 

 fixed time, and that when the feeder fails to be on 

 hand the sheep begin to bleat and worry and won- 

 der what could have happened to their feeder. 

 The longer the delay after the regular feeding 

 hour, the more flesh they worry off, instead of 

 putting on. Remember that your profit will de- 

 pend a good deal on the value and importance 

 you place upon punctuality in feeding. 



Another point of great value is that the feeding 

 should be done as quickly as possible. Grain, the 

 feed which is eaten up the most rapidly, is gener- 

 ally fed first. Roughage is fed last of all, in order 

 to give the sheep ample time to pick it over and 

 allow the feeder to get through so that he can per- 

 form other urgent work. It would certainly not 

 be very wise to give them their grain ration, which 

 is eaten up in a short time, and in the meantime 

 go away and forget all about giving them their next 

 ration. Such action would be absolutely unprofit- 

 able. Feed them their grain, if so planned, and 

 when this is cleaned up, the next ration, and so on 

 until all is given them that is to be fed at one meal. 

 After they have eaten their full ration allow them 

 to lie down and rest undisturbed until the next 



