210 Sheep Management. 



Their feet receive careful attention at least every 

 five or six weeks, and the hoofs are trimmed when 

 found necessary. Until November 1 the wethers 

 are out of doors every day, with the exception of 

 rainy days, principally to get all the exercise pos- 

 sible. After November 1 they are kept in the barn 

 day and night, and only in the nicest weather are 

 they allowed to run about in the sheep yard for a 

 couple of hours at a time. For shows that are held 

 earlier in the fall than the International the feed- 

 ing has to be crowded along a little more. Before 

 loading on the car for shipment to the show they 

 are fed only a half meal of dry feed, to prevent 

 scouring. 



When feeding yearling wethers and lambs we 

 often find that some of them become troubled with 

 sore sheaths. These should be treated as already 

 stated elsewhere in this work. They should be 

 washed out with a syringe a few times, using one 

 quart of warm water to one-half teaspoonful of 

 permanganate of potash, and a little iodoform 

 should be sprinkled on the sore. This treatment 

 will soon remedy the trouble. 



FITTING WETHER LAMBS. 



Lambs that are to be shown late in the fall are 

 generally put into the barn about September 1. 

 Their grain ration has been outlined before. Dur- 



