CHAPTER XIII. 



WINTER MANAGEMENT CONTINUED 



REVIEW OF THE TABLES OF ANALYSES— WHAT FOOD WILL PRO- 

 DUCE THE MOST WOOL— DE RAUMER'S TABLE OF EXPERIMENTS- 

 OBSERVATIONS ON GERMAN MANAGEMENT— VARIATIONS OF FOD- 

 DER—FODDER PROPORTIONED TO THE LIVE WEIGHT OP THE SHEEP 

 —IMPORTANCE OF GREEN FOOD— WATER NECESSARY— MANAGE- 

 MENT OP LAMBS— TWO-YEAR OLDS— BUCKS— HOSPITAL FLOCK- 

 MODES OP FODDERING— RACKS— TROUGHS— BARNS AND SHELTERS 

 —PLANS OP SHEEP BARNS. 



If the reader will now pause, and recall that which has 

 been set forth in the two preceding chapters, but more par- 

 ticularly the last, he will perhaps 'concur with the writer, 

 that there is much matter for reflection, and much to form the 

 basis of correct practice in winter economy. Let us take a 

 brief and familiar retrospect. 



From the analyses of fat, flesh and blood, and of the vari- 

 ous kinds of food consumed by sheep, although very clear 

 conclusions may be drawn by the better educated, yet per- 

 haps it will be well, foe the benefit of those whose informa- 

 tion is limited in the rudiments of science, to glance at 

 these things again. 



It will have been seen, that there is quite a distinction in 

 different plants in regard , to the relative proportions of the 

 nitrogenized and carbonized constituents they respectively 

 contain ; and that food destitute of the former can afford no 

 nutriment to the blood, and consequently none to the body ; 

 but those which furnish carbonized properties most abun- 

 dantly, make much fat. Hence all kiiids of food which are 

 highly carbonized, to be which they must possess much of 

 sugar, starch, gum, &c., in combination, are fitted for fatten- 

 ing purposes. Therefore it will appear plain that wheat, 

 barley, com, rye, oats, buckwheat, and ruta-baga, are better 

 for fattening, than the leguminous grains — such as peas 



