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SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



sheep if it is to be kept iu perfect health. 

 It is less trouble to grow the common farm 

 crops of grain and liay and sheep can be 

 maintained npon them alone, but not in their 

 highest degree of health and profit. There 

 is also in the rape, turnips and cabbages some 



YEASLING OXFOED RAM. 



(piality that makes for healthful growth of 

 wool. 



PUMPKIKS. 



One of the best autumn and early winter 

 supplementary foods for sheep are pumpkins. 

 They are readily grown in the cornfield or 



