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would at a year given the run of pasture infected 

 more or less with stomach worms. 



Sheep Husbandry in the Cornbelt. — How can we 

 have a great and successful sheep husbandry in the 

 cornbelt? By first building wide sheds, with room 

 to drive through easilj^, and hay storage above. 

 Feed the sheep in these sheds during the winter and 

 give the run of pastures. There is no danger then, 

 with chance tO' glean corn stalks or what not. In 

 April confine ewes and lambs to the sheds, feed 

 them green alfalfa and other green crops, with a 

 little dry hay. Do this and failure is nearly im- 

 possible. Do it in a large enough way, with 500 ewes 

 in charge of a good man and it will pay well. If 

 you have had stomach worms among your sheep and 

 lambs, try for one year keeping them in a cool, airy 

 barn basement, with no grass whatever, nor weeds, 

 in their small yard (they need no yard at all for that 

 matter) and see what splendid lambs you will get. 

 Of course there is the fear that the ewes may get too 

 fat to breed so treated. This may be overcome by 

 taking the ewes from the lambs when the latter are 

 weaned and putting them out on rather poor pasture 

 for a time, or in some way naturally reducing their 

 flesh if they are inclined to be heavy and lifeless. 

 Lambs never get too big or fat; growth takes care 

 of that. 



Alfalfa for Soiling Swine. — When a rancher I had 

 my firr>t experience with soiling swine. I kept a few 

 old sows in a log pen and each day cut a few swaths 



