204 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. 



case. Sheep with new flesh and in new bloom are 

 the best kind to show. 



FEEDING THE WETHERS. 



It takes from four to four and one-half months 

 of steady feeding to get yearling wethers in proper 

 shape for the show ring and the block. Of course 

 animals in a rather thin condition will require an 

 even longer feeding period. This work should 

 never be hurried and crowded along too rapidly, 

 for if the wethers are pushed along too fast the 

 chances are that they will become soft and lose 

 their firm handling quality. Lambs, however, are 

 brought right forward from the day they com- 

 mence eating. It is very essential that lambs and 

 3'earlings should not be overheated, which often 

 happens in hot weather. Therefore, especially 

 during the hot weather, grain should be fed but 

 once a day, until cooler weather comes on towards 

 fall. Cabbage and turnips tend to keep them cool 

 when fed to them during the warmest weather. 

 When there is a shortage of pasture clover or 

 alfalfa hay may be fed. 



THE BEST GRAIN MIXTURE TO FEED. 



In the writer's experience no better results have 

 been obtained in producing winners on the hoof, 

 as well as on the block, than by feeding yearling 



