Show CARING FOR SHEEP AND YOUNG CATTLE anim animals als keep healthier and require less labor if given sheds opening south sheep calves yearlings yearnings year lings and cows heavy with young keep heep healthier and require less lessI labor abor when given deep sheds opening to the south to which they can have access during the day and in which they can be confined at night the yards should be of good size and dry the bull should not be kept in the same yard with the horses and colts heifers heffers should not be mated before they are 16 months of age and not then if in a rundown run down condition ewes eive s need extra feed and care keep the pens clean and constantly dry with either straw or leaves manure should not accumulate in the pens as it Is liable to cause foxtrot and loss of fleece sheep manure like horse manure contains considerable ammonia and ferments readily in feeding sheep tor for the spring market have long troughs and racks under cover distribute the grain hay fodder or straw so that each one will get its share the strong sheep may be as much injured by overfeeding over feeding as the weaker ones by too little A large and successful feeder in western virginia has a ten acre bluegrass pasture attached to the feeding ng sheds in which the sheep take dally daily exercises weather permitting sheep ire vot cot injured by dry cold wi weather ather |