. A complete treatise on merinos and other sheep, with plates . or it may be tied in alinen cloth and suspended for the sheep to lick ; it is oftendissolved in water and sprinkled upon the fodder ; a goodpractice, particularly if the fodder be not very relishing. Manyproprietors give no salt to their flocks,f which notwithstanding,have no diseases. It may be indispensably necessary in verywet countries. \î Baiibenton may be believed, dry fodder, a long timecontinued, occasions sheep to waste away. Although thisassertion may be doubted, it seems proper to mix, as much aspossible, watery aliment
. A complete treatise on merinos and other sheep, with plates . or it may be tied in alinen cloth and suspended for the sheep to lick ; it is oftendissolved in water and sprinkled upon the fodder ; a goodpractice, particularly if the fodder be not very relishing. Manyproprietors give no salt to their flocks,f which notwithstanding,have no diseases. It may be indispensably necessary in verywet countries. \î Baiibenton may be believed, dry fodder, a long timecontinued, occasions sheep to waste away. Although thisassertion may be doubted, it seems proper to mix, as much aspossible, watery aliments with those which are dry, and to turnthe sheep out to pasture as soon as the grass shoots. * Sheep have been known to be attacked by long and troublesomeloosenesses in consequence of having taken too mnch salt ; which hasinduced the belief that sea-water is poisonous to them, while in fact it isinjurious only when taken in too great quantity. j- I may instance my own, which have always been healthy, though Ihave ne\cr given them any salt. PLATE IL Page [63] One thing cannot be too much recommended, which is, toplace the huy in the racks while the sheep are out of tlie house ;by this precaution, the dust does not fall upon the fleeces. When sheep of difterent ages are housed together, thestrongest place themselves first at the racks, and keep the othersaw ay, which languish for want of nourishment. It is thereforeadviseable to have separate stables for the full-grown sheep andfor the lambs, or not to feed the latter until the old ones aregone to the fields. Description of the Machine for cutting roots, ^ PLATE II. a a.—The hopper into which the roots are thrown : the upperpart of it is 2 feet 6 inches long and 2 feet wide, the lower partwithin is 6 inches by 7 ; and it is 2 feet high. The hind part of it rests in a notch made in the cross-pieceof wood 0 0 0, which is supported by two upright pieces. On the front part are two rabbets g g, g g, which fit twogrooves in th
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