Management and feeding of sheep . ale. Such attention should be given with great prompt-ness, otherwise the tagging may deform the symmetry ofthe fleece, which will injure the sale to the extent to whichit may be present. A certain amount of trimming willaid in making sales, especially with the middle-woolbreeds. It is also important that such rams shall be shornas early as the weather conditions will admit of suchshearing. Early shearing relieves them of the burden ofthat long fleece relatively which shearlings bear, and itgives them greater length of fleece at the time for sellingthan they w
Management and feeding of sheep . ale. Such attention should be given with great prompt-ness, otherwise the tagging may deform the symmetry ofthe fleece, which will injure the sale to the extent to whichit may be present. A certain amount of trimming willaid in making sales, especially with the middle-woolbreeds. It is also important that such rams shall be shornas early as the weather conditions will admit of suchshearing. Early shearing relieves them of the burden ofthat long fleece relatively which shearlings bear, and itgives them greater length of fleece at the time for sellingthan they would otherwise possess. Stock rams in summer—The pastures for stock rams 156 MANAGEMENT AND FEEDING OF SHEEP in summer will be ample when they sustain them in goodflesh. In some instances it may not be necessary to keepthem apart from the sale rams. However, they are notinfrequently kept in paddocks, especially as the seasonfor service approaches, for the reason chiefly that sup-plementary foods may be conveniently fed to FIG. 8—A NOTED PRIZE-V\ INNINt, YEARLING SHROPSHIRE RAM The property of Geo. McKerrow & Sons, Pewaukee, Wisconsin (Courtesy of owners) Where the pastures will maintain sufficient fleshwithout grain, it is better not to feed it to them at thatseason, as the comparative rest to the digestive powerswhich succulent and nutritious grazing brings with it isbeneficial. The change thus efifected will make grainfeeding the more effective when it is resumed again, pre-paring the rams for service. FEEDING AND CARE OF RAMS I57 As the season for service approaches, the ramsshould be given supplementary food. Such feedingshould increase gradually from the time when it is be-gun until maximum amounts are fed. The feeding ofsupplementary food should begin not less than two tothree weeks before service begins. The grain fed shouldbe nitrogenous, and it should not be fed to the extent ofproducing undue fatness in the rams with the accom-panying sluggishness that woul
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