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| skal pricy: 3 rin Hat Jie will and nS, INTERING THE Hook _ PICK OUT AND DISCARD OLD USELESS EWES Work That Can Be Done to Advan tage in the Autumn -- Breeders Shonld Select the Best Ram and ¥eed Him Properly So That He '| Growing Fat. The success to be obtained from the farm flock will depend very largely on the way it has been han- dled during the sutumn months. The plan at the Experimental Farm, Nap- pan, N.8., is, before the breeding sea- san openk in the fall to go through the flock, pick out all the non-pro- ducers, poor milkers, or any that may Se Lave bad mouths or spoiled udders; i{also any that may be too old for breeding profitably, and discard them. In selecting out the breeding flock looks alone is not the only 'guide, as many times a ewe may be la profitable breeder yet be very thin, due to the fact that she has been brought down by a heavy milk flow # | Good ewcs should be retained in the flock es long as they will breed and feed their lambs properly. ** All lambs not intended for breed ing purposes are sold. If the market {happens to be flooded it is found to be more profitable to feed them well o until January or February, by putting them on good aftermath until be tim®&, then finish on roots and men Ram lambs intended for breeding are placed in a separate field with good clover aftermath and given 'a light grain mixture of one-half ponad oats, one-quarter pound bran anid one-fifth pound cileake meal, The ewe lambs are also placed in fiel themsalves, but not given wuch grain unless the afteifeed is poor Alt breeding ewes are flushed during the Jatter part of October or the first of November. This consists in putting 'them in = good field of clover and giving them a light grain, ration of afro no "There are "several advantages ; from this practice. First, the ewes _Avhich are bred in a thrifty coudition are more apt 'to throw vigorous . lambs; second, they are more reliable Breeders; third, more likely to drop twins; fourth, the flock will all breed more evenly together, which makes it pinch better at lambing tine in that the lanibs are all dropped within a short period of each other, thus mak- fag less work for the shepherd ia selecting the flock ram it is the endeavor to choose the very best, typical of the breed and vigorous Then he is fed well in order to Keep hin: virile, but not too fat. He neve: gels grain until about a nioath be lore breeding season. He is never al Jowed to run with the ewes continu Fully 'bat put in with them two or _fhreo Bours each day. » In dividing the pen for winter, all Jamature cwes are put together; shearl- ings in another pen and cwe lambs by themselves. The latter ave not bred until one year old. Should there be any weak ones, they too, arc given a separate pen; otherwise they would not get a fair show at the trough with the more vigorous omnes. The above method of preparing sheep for winter bag 'been found to be most satislactory A red clover Aa Althea {the rough feeds best adapted to form the basis of the ration for £aly cows and sweet clover is net despised in s regard. Other, ge De vary greatly in nu- itis value, wheat and rye straw being about at the bottom of the | list, with value increasing in the | omep 'of oat straw and cord stover, and ensilage being May Be Mept Vigorous Without | NII RRS HIS HS 7K Tite following da bz nienidrized by every reader of THe OBSERVER. Under the Presideticy of Fr. J. W. Woods, a Cihtor. ence of all interested in Azotaria Among Horscs. Azoturia rarcly appears among | horses at pasture or among those do- ing regular work; but almost invar~ i gy during exercise after a period of idleness on full feed which hat suecegded & provious period of work. The Potato Situation. | The United States potate crop ap- | ti og the whole to be on the short side. In New York, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Michigan and Maine the har: vested. An indication ot the extdiit that at run-~ ning A $3.60 to pres ere per 100 Sounds for Main Jatatoss eared fa Ol car 8 probable Bod the surplus from the and Quebec will cross "Manitoba has the biggest potato { province, fine quality. Under ordinary conditions there would be a heavy movement of Manitoba towards Ontario, byt the oldest of Protinces is Skely | to find able market food Production was beld in Tn.