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troughs are indispensable. The trough is besYmade by nailing two 
boards, one six and the other seven inches wide, forming a Y, and 
making legs to it, or simply notching it into a block for each end. The 
racks are of an endless variety, governed in their construction more, 
perhaps, by the cheapness of lumber than any other consideration. Of 
all that I have thus far used, if under shelter, I prefer the Geddes rack. 
It is, however, expensive in the outset, as requiring considerable lumber 
and a good mechanic to construct them. Perhaps, for a new country, 
no rack is so good, under all circumstances, as the common box rack; 
a round pole, or square, four feet long, and equal to a 4 m 4 scantling, 
will answer for a post; four of these posts form the foundation of the 
rack ; three feet is as wide as is necessary, and the length may be gov¬ 
erned by your poles or boards. Build it in any way that will keep the 
sheep out, and yet give them access to the hay on each side. Sheep 
require salt in winter as well as in summer. It is a very bad plan to salt 
hay. Salt your grain, mows, or stacks freely, but keep it off your hay. 
Having provided good shelter, convenient racks and troughs, see that 
the sheep are fed daily, and as near as possible at the same hour. They 
should have hay or straw twice a day, and a peck of corn to each hun¬ 
dred once a day; although a small feed, yet, if evenly distributed, it will 
be found of great service; more will not do harm, and, when plenty, a 
half bushel would be better for store sheep, but even so small a quantity 
as eight quarts a day will tell sensibly upon one hundred sheep. If grain 
be fed, it should be commenced early in the season, as by beginning to 
feed late the wool is apt to start and come out badly before shearing 
time. 
As the tuping of the ewes comes in winter, it will be proper to treat of 
it under that head. Whatever your breed, you must have a good ram 
or you will not long have a good flock. Where there are not more than 
one or two hundred ewes it will pay well to use but one or two rams, 
unless it is desirable to get a variety of some choice breed. My practice 
is to bring my ewes into a yard daily, commencing about the first of 
December, so that the lambs may drop in May. The yard is subdivided 
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so that each ram has a share of the ewes. The rams are then let out, 
and a man attends them; as soon as a ewe is once served, she is marked 
with the same mark as the ram and put out. I have found this an easier 
