. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . s about two pounds of rutabagaseach day chopped up with a root cutter. Theamount of cabbage is reduced at this time to onepound for each wether, making two pounds ofroots and one pound of cabbage for each wetherdaily. This ration is continued until November 1 whencabbage is abandoned and the same amount ofroots, two pounds, still fed. The aim from thistime on is to feed them mostly on grain and hay,so that they will become firm and hard and be solidin handling, which is the main point in the ringas we
. Sheep management, breeds and judging for schools; a textbook for the shepherd and student . s about two pounds of rutabagaseach day chopped up with a root cutter. Theamount of cabbage is reduced at this time to onepound for each wether, making two pounds ofroots and one pound of cabbage for each wetherdaily. This ration is continued until November 1 whencabbage is abandoned and the same amount ofroots, two pounds, still fed. The aim from thistime on is to feed them mostly on grain and hay,so that they will become firm and hard and be solidin handling, which is the main point in the ringas well as on the block. If time permits they aregiven another trimming about the middle of Octo-ber. About November 15 they are touched upwith the shears for the last time and are then cov-ered with blankets. 210 Sheep Management, Breeds and Judging. Their feet receive careful attention at least everylive or six weeks, and the hoofs are trimmed whenfound necessary. Until November 1 the wethersare out of doors every day, with the exception ofrainy days, principally to get all the exercise pos-. Plate 60. Grand champion pure-bred Southdown yearhng wetherat the International, 1910, shown by the Huntleywood Farm, Quebec,Canada. sible. After November 1 they are kept in the barnday and night, and only in the nicest weather arethey allowed to run about in the sheep yard for acouple of hours at a time. For shows that are heldearlier in the fall than the International the feed-ing has to be crowded along a little more. Beforeloading on the car for shipment to the show they Fitting Wethers for Shows. 211 arc led only a hall meal of dry feed, to preventscouring. When feeding yearling wethers and lambs weoften iind that some of them become troubled withsore sheaths. These should be treated as alreadystated elsewhere in this work. They should bewashed out with a syringe a few times, using onequart of warm water to one-half teaspoonful ofpermanganate of potash, and a little iodoformshould be spr
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