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call "fat," but not aecoTding to the butclier's 

 standard. They must have abundant oppor- 

 tunity to exercise and to get fresh air. Tlius 

 treated tlieir lambs shoulc| come as strong as 

 wild thi]igs and give little trouble. It is the 

 natural thing for a lamb to be born strong, 

 to live at birth, since all its ancestors have 



BLACK-FACED RAMS. 



done the like since lambs were born into the 

 world. 



There is danger in well bred ewes highly fed 

 upon such foods as wheat bran and clover or 

 alfalfa hay that the lambs may have excessive 

 bony development, and it is not now the prac- 

 tice of the writer to feed much bi-an before 

 weaning, but to give instead Vtriglit, sweet corn 

 stover and alfalfa hay. Too much alfalfa hay 

 even will sometimes make the lambs rather 

 large at birth. If the coarse forage is not 

 abundant and of excellent quality, the shep- 



