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on pasture or dry fodders only as on these foods, sup- 

 plemented by grain. The exceptions include such graz- 

 ing as is furnished by rape and field roots. 



The proper blending of the foods has a marked in- 

 fluence on the quality of the mutton. Dry fodders and 

 grain only will furnish mutton of high quality viewed 

 from the standpoint of high finish in the carcass, but 

 these will not furnish meat so juicy as when some succu- 

 lent food is fed. To make proper provision for such 

 succulent food may necessitate much forethought and 

 may call for no little effort to secure them, and the de- 

 termination of the quantities to be fed may call for the 

 exercise of experience and skill, but the fact remains that 

 no flockmaster is so well equipped for wintering a flock 

 or for finishing the same as the one who has on hand an 

 ample store of succulent food. 



In growing mutton the demands of the market can- 

 not be ignored. It is not enough that the grower of mut- 

 ton shall produce a good article. To bring the best price 

 it must meet the conditions of the market demands. It 

 must at least approximate the demands of the market in 

 the size and weight of carcass and in the finish of the 

 same. This finds easy illustration in the growing and 

 marketing of milk lambs. The largest price is paid for 

 the lambs which are possessed of a certain weight or 

 which approximate the same and which have high finish. 

 Lambs of equal weight but of less finish will be propor- 

 tionately discounted, and the same is true of lambs of 

 higher weight though possessed of equal finish. Sim- 

 ilar illustrations could be furnished from the other 

 classes of sheep. 



