232 State Board of Agkicultuke, &c. 



past winter, I fed 104 lambs, half-blood CotsM^olds. From 

 December 1st to April ]st, one hundred and twenty-two 

 days, I fed 9,100 pounds of grain of the followinii; variety 

 and proportion: To each 100 pounds, 65 pounds was coi-n, 

 25 pounds oats and peas, and 10 pounds bran. Nearly ;dl 

 the grain fed was o-round : 



During the month of December, I fed 50 pounds of 

 grain per day ; tirst fifteen days in January, 60 pounds ; 

 last half of the month, 70 pounds ; from February 1st to 

 20th, 80 pounds ; from the 20th to March lOth, 90 

 pounds ; the remainder of the time, 100 pounds per day. 



Yearling sheep, with the grain they require to fatten well^ 

 will not eat more than nine tons of hay per hundred up to 

 April 1st, about the usual selling time. When feeding grown 

 wethers, feed liberally in November. If you have grain for 

 but one month, feed it during this month. There are two 

 ways of feeding this class of sheep ; each has its advo- 

 cates. First, after feeding through November and till 

 well on to hay, leave off the grain gradually until, a few days 

 into winter, it is entirely omitted ; commencing again 

 about the 1st of February with a light feed, increasing 

 gradually until they are fed on one and one-half bushels of 

 corn per hundred, closing on two bushels ; feeding one bushel 

 per head during the months of February and March. The 



