FEEDING CROPS FOR SHEEP. 

 FEEDING CROPS FOR SHEEP. 



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Necessarily the crops grown by the shepherd must be 

 suited to the special climate of each locality. There are loca- 

 tions in the South and Southwest, in which it may be possible 

 for the flocks to subsist on the natural growth, but the pre- 

 diction may be easily hazarded that the culture of feeding 

 crops will be the rule in spite of the existence of natural 

 herbage, for the Winter feed of the flocks, not only on the 



ALFALFA SEEDLING. 



farms but on the ranges. Indeed, where land is cheap or 

 costs nothing, being yet public property, it will still be the 

 most profitable method to feed flocks, quite half the year, 

 on grown crops. Fortunately there is so extensive a list of 

 crops that will succeed well, some in one locality and some 

 in others, that there will be no difficulty, and very littl- 

 cost, in providing the required feed. For one of the mo= i 



