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sheep should be warmly housed and not allowed to run in yards, or 

 open sheds, during the cold storms of full and winter. Sheep that 

 are exposed to all kinds of weather are liable to take cold, and have 

 the disease called the snuffles. It takes much more food to keep up 

 the animal heat to a proper temperature. 



Sheep can be fed during the early part of winter on coarse hay, 

 but during the time of having lambs they should be fed three times 

 per day regularly on the best of hay, with the additional feed of grain 

 or roots. The subject of raising and feeding early lambs is of great 

 importance, as we shall have to look at the mutton for profit rather 

 than wool at the present prices. It is admitted by men of experi- 

 ence, that fine-wool sheep will produce earlier lambs than coarse- 

 wool sheep will. 



How should lambs be fed? They should have a pen by themselves 

 where they can go at pleasure, with a suitable trough and rack for 

 hay, together with water. When they are two weeks old they will 

 begin to eat meal, and from that time until they are three months old 

 will eat from one half pint to one quart per day. During the first 

 two or three weeks I feed a mixture of corn and oil meal, the re- 

 mainder of the time with corn meal and roots, cut fine and mixed 

 with the meal. 



Respectfully, 

 No. Amherst. AUSTIN EASTMAN. 



