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Sheep Management. 



ceives from one and one-half to two pounds per 

 head daily. 



About August 15 they are trimmed the second 

 time, and where the wool was too short at the time 

 of the first trimming to give the wether the proper 



PI.ATI: f>7. Pure-bred Southdown yearling wether winning third 

 pri/e in open class and championship in college class at the Interna- 

 tional, 1910, sho\\n by the t'niversity of Wisconsin. 



shape, it is now trimmed to the host form possible. 

 The grain ration is also incrensed a little at this 

 time. Beginning September 20, grain is fed twice 

 daily, the full amount formerly fed being still 

 given in the morning, but only a little being at first 

 given in the evening. The amount is gradually in- 

 creased as the weather gets cooler. A little hay is 



