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When things go wrong

be a desperately tough business. This spring I have had a dozen lambs die, and a portion of the rest of the lambs rapidly lose weight and condition. Now while the details are perhaps upsetting, they are reality. Sheep farming involves illness and death, even for flocks like mine which aim for maximum sheep health. I am going to tell you about a bad time on my farm, because I believe that if

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