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send out again strings of imperfectly dipped 

 lambs from these very yards. This has, at 

 least, been the history of the past. One 

 winter some years ago the writer trusting to 

 the dipping there received had the distressing 

 experi.ence of having to dip every sheep upon 

 the farm in midwinter. 



It is safer then not to rely upon the dipping 

 at the yards, but to dip carefully upon arrival, 

 or as soon thereafter as the lambs have rested 

 and recovered their strength. Until that time 

 if the weather be good it is wise to turn the 

 sheep into pasture, where they may find water 

 and grass and rest suflScient to recruit them. 

 Then, as soon as rested, they should be dipped 

 and put at once into their permanent quarters, 

 if they are to be fed in yards or sheds. 



SELECTION OF FEEDEES. 



A visit to one of our great stock yards is a 

 most interesting experience. There are seen 

 there such a multitude of sheep of almost every 

 sort and description. There are great bands 

 of fat Western wethers, noble sheep, some of 

 them of an astonishing uniformity in size and 

 character. They are ' ' strong almost as horses, ' ' 

 used all their lives to roaming over the plains 

 and mountains. These may go for export, or 

 to the killers. They are too fat to feed and 

 would cost too much. And yet they are not so 

 fat as the sheep that come in winter and spring 

 from the feed lots. They are just right to give 

 the most profit to the killers, with enough fat 

 and little waste. 



Beside them will be a band of thinner weth- 



