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 100 ON WETHERS. 



Q. What other grasses are there for the fatting of 

 mutton ? 



A. The fromental (quitch grass, sheep fescue grass, 

 or bird grass,) herds grass,* ray grass, and pasture 

 grasses, particularly those of low moist meadows, and 

 in some countries stubble after harvest : herbage gen- 

 erally of the woods makes good pasture for sheep, 

 but does not fat them so fast, as lucern, trefoil, and 

 saintfoin. 



Q. What is the method of stall feeding, 1'engrais 

 de poutoure ? 



A. This method of fatting is done in the cold sea- 

 son of the year, that is, in December : after having 

 shorn the wethers, they are shut up in a stable and 

 allowed to go out only at noon, while they are putting 

 fodder into their troughs ; in the morning and even- 

 ing, and in long nights, they are fed at the rack. 



Q. What food is given to sheep, while stall feeding? 



A. Good fodder, grain, and other very nourishing 

 things are given them, according to the produce of 

 the country, and its price ; but care should be taken, 

 that the expense of fatting shall not exceed the gain. 

 to be derived from selling them, when fat. In many 

 places they give to three or four years old wethers 

 each three fourths of a pound of hay, morning and 

 evening, and at noon a pound of oats and a pound of 

 bread, or oil cakes, made from rape, or hemp seed 

 broken to the size of hazel nuts, and water them 

 every day. In other places, each wether has given to 

 him every morning ten ounces of hay, a quarter of a 

 pound of oats, and oil cakes as above ; and in the eve- 



* Phleum Pratense, 



