sheep should go through the flock every morn- 

 ing, and select a few ewes to be kept in for the 

 day, before allowing the majority of the flock 

 to go into the pasture. Then, if the ewes have 

 been numbered when first bought, as they al- 

 ways should be, the number of each ewe kept 

 in the fold can be recorded day by day, and 

 will furnish a guide as to time of lambing, 

 which occurs about twenty-one weeks later. 

 When the number of every sheep in the fold 

 has been recorded, the ram's daily visits to the 

 fold must cease, of course, and his heavy grain 

 rations can be gradually cut down; but at no 

 time must he be allowed to fall out of condi- 

 tion. 



After the breeding season ewes require good 

 food, but not fattening. From June they 

 have, with us, a shady pasture in which there 

 is a running stream. When the grass com- 

 mences to fail rape is fed in the yard, night 

 and morning, and the grain ration of bran 

 and oats started. As the lambing time ap- 

 proaches, the ewe's condition must be watched 



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