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way than to use a teaser, and quite as effectual. If the sheep are in 
small yards, the ram docs not get fatigued. I take them up about two 
o’clock, and turn the ewes out. Those that have been marked are turned 
away by themselves. I follow this till the first of January, when the 
rams are put away for the winter. I never allow my rams to run with 
the ewes at any time, summer or winter. I also take great care to keep 
my rams in good condition, and feed freely during the tuping season. I 
used three rams this season for two hundred and thirty ewes, but one, 
being a yearling and untried, I only allowed thirty ewes to be stinted to 
him, so that the two others served one hundred each, and were not sen¬ 
sibly affected in their flesh by their labor. In addition to serving my 
own flock they also served some fifteen each for my neighbors. It may 
be well to say that my flock is Merino. Let it be borne in mind, that 
much of the future value of a flock depends upon a generous supply of 
food to the ewe, not only during pregnancy, but also until the weaning 
of the lamb. 
With the coarse-wooled sheep I should recommend a somewhat differ¬ 
ent mode of treatment. Where but a few are kept the ewe should be 
stinted to the ram early in August, if possible, so that the lamb might be 
dropped early in January. Good warm shelter should be prepared, and al¬ 
so a good supply of roots, or bran, or shorts, laid in. Roots and meal, how¬ 
ever, would be the cheapest and best. As soon as the lamb has got strength 
enough to stand up well, usually the third or fourth day, let the ewe have 
a good supply of meal and roots, being guided by her size and condi¬ 
tion. Patatoes, beets, carrots, or rutabagas, will be, any of them, useful, 
the object being to give a full flow of milk. By this means a lamb is 
raised for the early market, which by the first of June will command 
from three dollars to five dollars, according to size and condition. 
Early lambs near large towns will always command high prices. The 
ewes having their lambs taken away so early will get in high condition, 
and may be sold, if desirable, as fat sheep. 
In fattening sheep during the winter, all that has been said relative to 
shelter and care, in relation to store sheep, is equally applicable. But in 
addition, to fatten sheep profitably, they ought not to be kept in larger 
flocks than twenty-five. And although it will require more labor to pre¬ 
pare the yards yet it will be amply compensated by the better condition 
