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ILLUSTRATED STOCK DOCTOR. 
the best of the hay and a liberal quantity of grain, to keep them growing 
right along. 
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The Nursery. 
In all large flocks there will always be some lambs that do not do well. 
These should always be separated from the others and have extra care. 
>So in the older sheep — the flock should be graded as to age, size and sex. 
It is better that the wethers and the ewes be kept apart, and that in the 
sexes that very strong animals be not put with weak ones. If they do 
no other mischief, they rob the weak ones of their food, the very thing 
they most need. In fact, every farm should have a nursery, however 
small the flock, where weak ones and wethers may receive special atten- 
tion and care. Sheep upon farms suited to them are very profitable, but 
however suitable the farm, the profits will be in direct proportion to the 
intelligent care and attention the animals receive. 
