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Show hju ! wi rr-mm ! SHEEP GREAT ELP FOR ORCHARD Sheep Thrive in the Air and Sunshine and Pine and Fall Away When De-prived De-prived of These Essential Elements. The greatest value of sheep in an orchard is found probably in their being be-ing used ae a moans of fertilizing orchards or-chards that are bearing. If put in somewhat early in the spring and fed a suitable supplementary supple-mentary food with the grass which the orchard may furnish, it will be found that the sheep will thus convey fertility to the land and they will do so in a marked degree if fed on rich kinds of food. Such food may consist very largely of wheat bran, w hich is in itself a valuable val-uable fertilizer. It may be wise, to encourage the sheep to eat freely, to add a little grain in the form of oats. A little oil-cake will also improve I the food. j "The droppings thus left in the or It chard will tend very much to its en- j richment. H The outcome will be that where this system is persevered in during considerable consid-erable portions of the season, the orchard will thue be provided with a I liberal application of fertility. This statement is based, of course, ! on the supposition that there is some reTation between the number of sheep grazed and the area of the orchard. I |