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MODERN SHEEP: BREEDS AND MANAGEMENT. 



the trough so as to form a kind of V-shaped auxiliary trough that 

 would catch these particles of food and thereby save consider- 

 able trouble in cleaning out the trough proper so often as otherwise 

 would be necessary without this auxiliary trough; moreover., its 

 introduction allows of the covering over of the rest, of the trough, 



and thereby preventing the lambs from falling into the trough 

 and coming to grief. The trough proper should be cleaned -out at 

 regular intervals of not less than once a week and the auxiliary 

 trough every day or oftener if necessary. The shepherd should see 

 that the water is always as fresh as possible, as no sheep can thrive 



