THE EARTH'S BOUNTY 



wurzels are all required in plentiful quanti- 

 ties after lambing, and so must not be neg- 

 lected. 



Disease has formed no part of our personal 

 experience, but rigid preventatives are always 

 in use, such as thorough cleanliness and disin- 

 fecting the fold, clean, wholesome food, pure 

 water, and a monthly foot bath of perman- 

 ganate of potassium for which purpose Fred 

 made a trough of inch boards, six feet long, 

 two feet wide and one foot deep. Above the 

 solid sides poultry netting two feet wide was 

 fastened, which made the trough into a sort 

 of gangway; and in such a way it is used, 

 when needed, being placed against the door- 

 way of the sleeping compartment, so that the 

 sheep must pass through it on the way into 

 the outer compartment of the fold. Many of 

 our neighbors laugh at the last preventative, 

 but they have not lived in Australia, where 

 outbreaks of foot-rot are the ranchman's 

 scourge. 



There are two sources of profit, in this most 

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