Show requirements FOR SUCCESS clean dry place with plenty of fresh air and sunshine among essentials in wintering sheep there are our very essential things necessary la wintering a flock of breeding ewes the first Is a clean dry place with an abundance of air and all the sunshine possible the house or shed must be sufficiently warm for the lambs to do well from the start should they come tn march or february but there must not be a hothouse warmth the second essential Is pure water and plenty of it sheep that eat snow for water will be found in a very alt ferent condition from those which have access to water atall times remember that a sheep drinks but little rambouillet ewe at a time and often A flock having pure water Is seldom found with parasites the worst enemy with which we contend the third essential la feeding the writer says an exchange has detained the best results by feeding hay and clover mixed the sheep this very much and if the mixture Is put into the barn in good shape they will more than thrive on it sheep relish a good corn fodder and it should be given to them at least once day about six weeks before the ewes are due to lamb they should be fed a mixture of bran one part and oats two parts |