Farmer and stockbreeder . on,looking healthy and vigorous when sent to thesheep fair, and should be given a good freshpasture with an allowance of cake or corn, orperhaps may be given a fold on some catch cropon the arable land for a time. At any rate, theymust be pushed forward and show plenty of size,and to obtain the best growth and developmentfolding on cabbages, kale and such cropswill promote quicker and better growth thanrunning the clover leys or aftermaths, howevergood the latter may be. They should be trimmedup occasionally before the sale so as to keep theirwool neat and tight-looki
Farmer and stockbreeder . on,looking healthy and vigorous when sent to thesheep fair, and should be given a good freshpasture with an allowance of cake or corn, orperhaps may be given a fold on some catch cropon the arable land for a time. At any rate, theymust be pushed forward and show plenty of size,and to obtain the best growth and developmentfolding on cabbages, kale and such cropswill promote quicker and better growth thanrunning the clover leys or aftermaths, howevergood the latter may be. They should be trimmedup occasionally before the sale so as to keep theirwool neat and tight-looking in OP fiOOD SIBESWhen the flock is made up, suitable rams mustnext be selected to mate with it, and the selectionof good sires is still more important than carefuldrafting. Money is always well expended in thepurchase of the best sires available, but the mis-fortune is that there is so great an element ofuncertainty attached to the purchase of sires,for no one can tell the value or the power of any. Photo by} [Sport and Oeneral, Sbire Foal \st and challenge cup Lincolnshire Show.—Property of Messrs. S. Leggatt and Son. sire until he has been tried. When a eire hasbeen tried and found wanting, he must beruthlessly discarded, and on the other hand aproved aire may be advantageously kept as longas he is useful. Although the element of uncer-tainty is bound to exist, the only safe ground towork upon is to go to the very be-st and mostcarefully bred flocks for sires, and it is not likelythat a breeder will go far wrong in that case,but by the use of a moderate or carelessly bredaire a man may undo the work of a life-tame. A ram should always be typical of hisbreed, showing purity of descent and strongmasculine characterrand whether it be for pedi-gree work or for crossing, these characteristicsshould be looked for for even crossing best bred rams leave the greatest mark ontheir produce. A good scrag, back loin and legof mutton, with ple
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