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half a pound daily per ewe and the hull part of the feed 

 was varied so as to hold, her at a uniform weight. 



The test shows .5 of a pound of cotton seed meal and 

 1.3 pounds of hulls to be sufficient to maintain these preg- 

 nant ewes in the winter time. The ewes averaged about 

 95 pounds in weight. The animals were given this ration 

 for 106 days and some of them even longer. One and nine- 

 tenths pounds of soy bean hay per ewe per day proved 

 to be sufficient to maintain the other lot. Both lots came 

 through to ithe lambing period in excellent health and spirits, 

 but the cotton seed meal lot seemed to be more spirited and 

 alert than the soy bean lot. No objection, though, could 

 be brought against either feed as far as their general effects 

 upon the animals were concerned. 



When the prices are quoted as heretofore given the cotton 

 seed meal ration proved to be the cheaper of the two. In 

 lot one it cost 30 cents a month to feed each animal, while 

 with lot two the expense was 35 cents a month per ewe. 

 A little change in the price of feeds would alter the financial 

 statement, however. But, taking the above results and 

 quotations as a basis, the soy bean hay proved to be worth 

 $10.68 a ton for carrying the ewes through the winter when 

 compared to the cotton seed meal and hull ration. In some 

 parts of the state that price would be a good one for the 

 hay, but in other portions of the state conditions are such 

 that a farmer could well afford to sell the hay upon the 

 market, and with the proceeds buy cotton seed meal and 

 hulls to use in feeding the sheep. In many points in the 

 state soy bean hay sells for |15.00 to |20.00 a ton. The 

 farmer cannot afford to feed it to sheep, or, in fact, any 

 other kind of ]iye stock, except probably the work animals, 

 when he can secure |20.00 a ton for it after a short haul. 

 Other feeds are cheaper. 



Feeding THE IMilking Ewe. 

 As stated above, when a ewe brought a lamb she was 

 taken out of her lot and placed in a third lot. where she 

 was jjiven more feed than when dry. After the lamb came 



