84 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



herd should feed a small daily allowance of 

 grain. A mixture of corn and oats may be used, 

 which should be fed in wide flat-bottomed 

 troughs, so that ^he ewes can not rapidly 

 swallow it as they will when fed in V-shaped 

 troughs. 



A run to a blue-grass pasture is an excellent 

 thing, and if the grass is permitted to grow up 

 in the fall and lie uneaten, no small part of 

 the sustenance of the flock will come from that. 

 A sheltering bit of woodland, in which they 

 may wander, affords shelter and amusement, 

 and well repays the ground on which it stands. 



While the flock should be out of doors every 

 fine winter's day, yet the shepherd should have 

 his charges in mind and see that each ewe 

 comes to the bam before storms break, and al- 

 ways the flock should be shut in at night. 



