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If sheep are fed with a little corn or cake when 

 on the pastures or leys, there is no animal that 

 does the land more good. 



They graze close to the ground, eat much 

 herbage that cattle and horses refuse, and their 

 manure is a most valuable food for the strong 

 nourishing grasses and clover. 



It is an old and very true saying, " Manure your 

 land through the mouths of your live stock." 

 Manage your mixed stock of horses, cattle, and 

 sheep with wisdom, and you will keep your grass 

 and clover land in good heart. 



Manage your stock on common-sense prin- 

 ciples, feed them liberally, but don't overdo it ; 

 give them constant change of pasture ; from time 

 to time chain harrow, and, if possible, roll 

 your grass land, and it will have a thick, well- 

 knit-together bottom of good nourishing feed, 

 looking as green and rich as a well-kept lawn. 



In the spring sheep are fed off the young 

 grasses. As the summer goes along they are fed 

 on vetches and clover, and in the autumn on 

 cabbage ; in the winter on roots, mixed with 

 corn, cake, and chopped straw. 



On light arable land, where there is grown an 

 abundant crop of light roots, sheep are often 

 folded ; that is, a portion of the land is hurdled 

 off, the outer hurdles being advanced each day. 

 By this system the sheep are compelled to eat off 



