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Show DRY QUARTERS ARE REQUIRED BY SHEEP Beware of Long-Leggcd, Rangy Animals in Making Selection for Breeding Purposes. (Dy It. G. WKATHKRSTONE.) No man who understands his business busi-ness will ovor allow his sheep to stand on wot or muddy dirt lloors. Whon selecting sheep for breeding bowaro of tho long-legged, 'ngy breeds. Got thoso that nro close to tho ground. Thcro Is no money In raising sheep legs. If tho pastures nro short this fall tho sheep must havo some grain or thoy will fall back to a point where all profit will bo lost in bringing thorn up again. When pastures got abort tho Bheop will cat tho roots of tho grass right out of tho ground If too many nro kept In ono lot. Better feed somo grain nnd save tho grass. Kver notice that tho pasturcB whoro sheep aro kept grow better grass than those used for horses or cows? A South Dakota man writes that ho has kept coyotes and even dogs away from his flock by setting up scare-crowh scare-crowh In tho shnpo of a man. Theso liu chnnges from ono pnrt of tho pas-turo pas-turo to another every day or two. |