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With regard to the value of roots for feeding, 

 my experience is that whenever they are worth 

 at home more than seventy-five cents per barrel, 

 and corn not over from one dollar to one dollar 

 and twenty-five cents per bushel, the corn is the 

 cheapest, and I would use only a few roots as a 

 substitute for green food. I consider carrots and 

 ruta bagas better than common turnips; still by 

 feeding a little more of the latter than the 

 former, I think the sheep do just as well on them. 



Another inquiry is, " How often do you clean 

 out your yards and stables in winter ?" Not 

 at all, unless I perceive danger to the build- 

 ings from the weight of the sheep and manure 

 on these upper floors; then we remove a quantity 

 sufficient to make the building safe, and leave all 

 the rest until the sheep are sold, when we find 

 the manure so hard and solid that it must often be 

 cut with an axe or hay-knife into blocks before it 

 can be handled — thus showing that no decomposi- 

 tion has taken place during the feeding season. 



Feeding with me is always commenced about 

 half-past five in the morning, when I always 

 endeavor to be there, and see that everything is 

 right, and give special orders, if necessary, for 

 the day. The best help will sometimes put off for 



