Sheep, like goats, prefer fine, leafy hay and will not eat coarse hay. Immature grass hay or leafy alfalfa is usually the best feed for sheep. Mature sheep can get by on good-quality grass hay, but lambs do better with a legumeâharvested while still growing so that it has finer stems.
These kaftans, which today are mainly worn by East African women, were originally only worn by West African men. Made from cotton or silk, kaftans button down the front. They are also the traditional female clothing of many countries in West Africa such as Mali, Senegal and Ghana.
Women wore cotton dresses and petticoats. Girls wore cotton dresses. Men wore breeches to the knee, a shirt, a hat and boots or shoes. As the plantations developed, woman with leisure time began to ape the styles that were popular back in England. They were usually behind the times, and sometimes completely wrong, as their gowns were based on letters and pictures, but they tried.