CHAPTER II. 
XE.X3DING AND MANAGEMENT OP 
WATCHFULNESS NECESSART. IIOW TO BREED. TIME FOR BREEDING. “ 
COUPLING. KEEPING THE RECORD. THE MANAGEMENT OF RAMS. - 
TRAINING RAMS. PASTURING SHEEP. SHADE IN PASTURES. WATER. 
DOSING SHEEP. FALL PASTURAGE AND FEEDING. SHEEP BARN3. 
SPECIAL WINTER FOOD. MANAGEMENT OF LAMBS. ^—DOCKING LAMBS. 
CASTRATION. — WEANING. THE NUUSERT. 
Watchfulness Necessary. 
The fecundity of sheep soon enables the breeder to gather a Hock. 
To keep them healthy is one of the most difficult problems of the breeder, 
since they are generally kept in large flocks, and herding closely together 
as they do, if an epidemic or contagious disease gets among them, it 
surely goes through the whole flock unless the shepherd is ever vigilant. 
The lack of care and vigilance causes more than half the losses in sheep, 
and hence, no person should undertake sheep breeding unless he make 
up his mind that they are to have not only gentle treatment but daily 
care and watchfulness, even in the Summer. 
How to Breed. 
The ewe may be bred to the buck at the age of eighteen months, and 
the buck will be fit for service at the same age. If the object be to breed 
grades, it will be found to be money squandered to buy an inferior buck, 
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