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Show LANDS SUITABLE FOR SHEEF Animals Do Best Where Grasses Ar Produced Naturally or.lntroduced by Cultivation. Sheep do best on high, dry land-that land-that is, on hard-soiled land, where the grasses adapted to sheep are produced naturally, or are easily introduced bj cultivation. The short grasses, or such as usually ar termed pasture grasses, are essential to the well-being of the sheep. Cattle and horses will thrive and do well on hay grasses, on wet land grasses, tall grasses, but with the sheep it is different; they depend on the short-growth, dry-soil-pasture grasses. It is Important that they be not confined to wet, soft, boggy bog-gy pastures. The sheep inclines to foot scald, sore feet and finally foot rot where the hoof is constantly under the influence of moisture in the soiL |