CHEEP AND WATER.
It has been frequently stated. (writes our Wairarapa correspondent) that- sheep will fatten all - right so long as they can get a ; , • • ! little feotl; and; plenty, of- :watcr.:; An East -- . Coast- farmer, hon;ever, has a flock of sheep,; - which/ lid says, .have :■ been -unable to get water 1 for the past month',, but still numbers I.of the animals havo 'fattened splendidly.-.:No i doubt there would have-been a greater, nurn- \i I ber: fattened had. _there ; ;been. water-, procur- - able. ■ ■' ■'■ - ■: - v : ...The. past season,has been notable for, its ■■ opportunities of . testing the thirst-resisting > powers of sheep.' JPrefious reports .have r&-. ferral' tothe desperate. efforts. which sheep and' lambs made to .get to ; water. < If the' ■ East Coast farmer's sheep were really. deprived entirely of water for' the tinjo stated the circumstance is well . worth, recording. .
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 2
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137CHEEP AND WATER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 149, 18 March 1908, Page 2
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