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Show - i SOUND ADVICE ABOUT SHEEP J Sood Ewe Will Provs srvlcsable fot Eight Years Esrly-8owed Rye Mskss Good Pasture. ( Sheep may be fcrd at 1 months ol igo, and a good ewe will prove all right for seven or eight years. 1 have kept them longer, writes D. It Phillips in Practical Fanner, but only y when their qualities were beyond psr One good ram. If kept separate from the ewes, may be bred to seventy flvs ewes, but the Iambs will be strong'! h !f less service Is required. The n Downs or Ielcesters. as well as the Cotswolds. give good results crossed p vltb the ordinary ewes. Early-eowed rye makis an excellent tprlng pasture for sheep. Sheep ran p to more thrive without care. fed, h water and shelter than any other farm animal. Straw sheds or one B xiade of cdars. will be sufficient un- , til lambing time Is nesr. then good. warm sheds must be provided for early lambs. The wesk ones must be e kelped op. If the mother refuses to b iwn them, milk a bit of her milk on t the dlaowned offspring's hesd and p the will give no further trouble. A tittle rare, forethought and prepare, n Qon will mean dollars In the pocket p and Increased flock of sheep In the T leld. tl |