194 Sheep Management. 



and brutal fellow will never get a sheep to do any- 

 thing for him, as it remembers only too well the 

 kind of treatment it has received. 



SHELTER FOR SHOW SHEEP. 



When fitting has begun great care must be taken 

 that the show sheep do not get wet. If a clean 

 fleece is desired, the sheep should be washed thor- 

 oughly at the time when fitting begins. From then 

 on by no means should they be allowed to become 

 wet. During the fitting period the yolk distributes 

 itself nicely throughout the fleece, and if the sheep 

 is exposed to a heavy rain the yolk will be washed 

 out, which destroys the lustre and bright, healthy 

 appearance. When the fleece has once been 

 spoiled somewhat, especially when it has already 

 been trimmed once or twice, it can never be made 

 rigid again. While it has been stated that sheep 

 should be turned out on pasture nights to get lots 

 of exercise, it should be borne in mind that we do 

 not mean on nights when rain is expected or pre- 

 dicted. The writer recalls many a night when lie 

 turned out his show sheep, not expecting that it 

 would rain before the next morning. A heavy 

 thunder shower would come up after midnight 

 and wake him out of his sleep. As quickly as pos- 

 sible he would then run to the place where the 

 sheep were kept and get them under roof before 



