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nal success. Mr. A. O. Fox, one of the most 
extensive owners of Shropshire sheep in Amer- 
ica, writing of feeding shredded fodder, says in 
a recent letter:* 
‘When I first put the ewes into winter quarters upon the 
dry fodder I feared they would not relish it, but I soon found 
they took to it even more kindly than to good hay. They ate 
it ravenously and would fill themselves to perfect satisfaction 
and lie down in contentment to sleep. I am now thoroughly 
convinced that they have done better upon the corn-fodder 
ration than they would have done upon good, bright mixed 
clover and timothy hay. The corn-fodder did not have the 
slightest constipating effect. I have fed the lightest grain 
rations this winter that I ever gave my ewes and they are in 
fine bloom. Their fleeces are much cleaner than if they had 
been fed hay, and as for lambing, we are now well into the 
most successful lambing season we ever experienced; 98 ewes 
have to-day 158 lambs, which you will see is 160 per cent. 
Every lamb is strong and hearty from birth. The ewes are 
experiencing no trouble with their udders, and in fact I do 
not see any objection to confining them exclusively to corn- 
fodder instead of hay.” 
At the Wisconsin station corn silage has 
been fed wether lambs and suckling ewes with 
most satisfactory results. In the 1893 report 
of the station Prof. Craig says, where fed 
wethers, “the corn silage, considering its 
action as a food and the fact that it can be 
preserved cheaper and better than the clover 
silage, was the most satisfactory.” Further, 
in referring to this food for breeding ewes, he 
says: “Of the succulent fodders, the best re- 
* Breeder’s Gazette, March 13, 1895, 
