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Esq., the noted fine-wool sheep breeder, which for 

 breeding sheep is all that could be desired, as we 

 can afford to take a little more time, and have a 

 little waste and trouble with a few nice breeders. 

 When, however, we come to fattening five, six or 

 eight hundred sheep, it makes quite a difference 

 whether one man can take care of them, or 

 whether we must have two; as an extra hand 

 through the feeding season will cost, wages and 

 board, with us, at least one hundred and fifty 

 dollars. Then, also, it makes quite a difference 

 whether five hundred sheep waste a pint of grain 

 per day, which I am satisfied was more than my 

 whole flock wasted last winter, or whether they 

 waste half a bushel per day ; and I have seen more 

 than that wasted by bad fixtures and management, 

 thereby causing loss and discouragement to the 

 person engaged in feeding. Also, whether we 

 waste one hundred pounds of hay per day, or 

 whether four or five hundred pounds will cover 

 the waste for all winter. These wastings are 

 what hurts, and although it looks like but a little, 

 when you come to figure it up, you will be sur- 

 prised to see what it amounts to. 



My apparatus or feeding box for feeding hay, 

 grain, roots, etc., which it took me four years to 



