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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 easily, 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 first experience with soiling swine. I kept a few 
old sows in a log pen and each day cut a few swaths 
