TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 



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The total quantity of grain and hay that will be required for each ewe 

 and her Iamb during the year will be about as follows: 



Ewes: Pounds. 



Hay, December 1 — April 30, 151 days, fed 3 pounds daily.. 453 



Oats, February 1-28, 28 days, fed 1 pound daily 28 



Oats, March 1 — April 30, 61 days, fed i pound daily 30.5 



58.5 



Corn, March 1 — April 30, 61 days, fed J pound daily 30.5 



Lambs : 



Corn, March 15— June 30, 107 days, fed % pound daily... 40.1 



70.6 



ACREAGE REQUIRED TO SUPPORT EACH EWE AND HER LAMB. 



As shown, each ewe and her lamb will require during the year a total 

 of 453 pounds of hay, 58.5 pounds of oats, and 70.6 pounds of corn. In 

 addition it has been assumed that they will also require one-fourth acre 

 of pasture. The total area of land, then, required for each ewe and lamb 

 for grain, hay, and pasture will be as shown in the following table: 



Table 2. — Acreage of corn, oats, hay, and pasture regvired by each ewe 

 and her lamb during a season. 



In the above table the figures showing acreage in the last column are 

 obtained by dividing the amount of feed required for each head by the 

 quantity that can be produced on an acre. They show that there must 

 be grown for each ewe and her lamb 0.021 of an acre of corn, 0.046 of an 

 acre of oats, 0.113 of an acre of hay, and 0.25 of an acre of pasture, or a, 

 total of 0.43 of an acre for a ewe and her lamb. 



NUMBER OF EWES THE FARM WILL CARRY. 



It has already been shown that the area required for the fixed stock, 

 buildings permanent pasture, etc., was 20 acres, thus leaving 60 acres 

 of the farm for sheep, and since one ewe requires but 0.43 of an acre for 

 her support, 60 acres will carry as many ewes as 0.43 is contained in 60, 

 or 139, leaving off the fraction. It is assumed that three bucks will be 



