THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



the first two weeks in May, at a fee of five 

 dollars; and the following January there were 

 seven lambs for sale, which realized $100. 

 Betty had twins that year, and they were in- 

 cluded. Feed had cost, as nearly as we could 

 estimate it, $4 making the entire outlay $39; 

 profit $61 and Baa-Baa, though I suppose 

 Betty's last two lambs should not be included 

 in the calculation. But even if they are de- 

 barred by strict justice, there would still be 

 $31 to the good. 



There are two indispensable requisites for 

 this comparatively new departure in sheep- 

 raising. First, a well- ventilated barn; sec- 

 ondly, the right kind of sheep. Our cow barn, 

 being very large, and built in the old-time 

 fashion of half -closed stables at the back of a 

 deep, open-fronted shed, covered by a high 

 roof and haymow, enabled us to provide the 

 first with little expense or work. 



A partition, four feet high, was run across 

 the shed, for which slabs were used, which cost, 

 at the saw-mill, only $4.40. Then three of the 



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