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IWS shes Se months old, and again every year, until the third, Ate when their mouths are full; but it isa matter of dis- he: Dorsehs pute, whether’ they cast only SIX OF all the eight ‘ths fore-teeth.° The: curious technical phraseology of amd,|:‘‘ ae s a the old’shepherds‘is’‘still;'in good part, retained: hi according to Ellis,“ the first yeara WETHER LAMB; ifficulties second year, a two-toothed rac, or puc; the third oe year, a sHER-RUG,(shear-hog); the fourth year, a en six-toothed waTHer; the fifth, a full-mouthed one. ractical An EWE-LAMB, the first year; the second an EWwE- stand: PuG, or TAG, with two broad teeth; the third, a imselt a THAIVE, or four-toothed; the fourth, an Ewe, or secret for six-toothed; the fifth, full-mouthed.” At present, ass them weaned Liga heat oe strange name of hogs; we- would ther, or ewe-hogs; and the age 1s reckoned from bring th dishikristesionie Sheek wo aieay?&c. would Lamps are generally weaned in three months, the wractised males having been castrated early, unless in case of known great weakness, when the operation is better defer- [ have redawhile. After weaning, the dams may be milk- y would ed two or three times, to ease their udders. . should, The well-known method of disposing of this oy; and, kind of-stock, are in the shape of GRAss-LAMB, ngutish- HOUSE-EAMB, WETHER, and EWE-MUTTON, of va- sthod is, rious ages, according to the interest and conveni- h onlya nce of the#feeder. the ewes Rie re FEEDING sheepat home, inopensheds, Fits littered yards, or upon any convenient spot, I can = i entertain ne doubt of the profit, since it has been mber. Th often enough proved in this country; invariably tt on some parts’ of the continent. These animals, ae Lj loving a short and fresh bite, it issupposed by some, Pic, they would not fatten, in the grass season, upon or meat ! :=

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