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ters, is the ideal place for the flock. It should 

 be kept well bedded down and thus there is 

 saved a good deal of fertility that would other- 

 wise perhaps be heaped up in fence corners 

 or beneath trees where it would do the pasture 

 little good. The sheep prefer the darkness of 

 the bam to the semi-shadow of trees and it is 

 very much better and safer for them for rea- 

 sons that we will presently take up under the 

 subject of parasitic infestation. 



In this barn basement one should each day 

 put down a little fresh hay and usually the 

 flock will eat quite a bit of it. In connection 

 with their green forage it is to them what diy 

 bread and butter are to the boy eating green 

 apples in summer time. It is even a good 

 practice to salt the sheep in summer by sprink- 

 ling brine over dry hay in the bam, thus en- 

 couraging them to eat as much of it as they 

 will. Of course there are locations where hay 

 is hard to get and pasture is in excess. There 

 this would not be good practice, but all through 

 the region of the corn-belt hay is abundant 

 and really more economical to produce on high- 

 priced land than pasture. 



Corn may be fed to the lambs also in the 

 bam basement if the flock has access to it. 

 There is but one thing to fear, that the place 

 may be allowed to become foul so that fleeces 

 will be soiled and feet endangered but it is at- 

 tention to these little things that assures suc- 

 cess. 



Shade in fields may be had best by movable 

 sheds. These may be made on runners, simple 



