62 BUREAU OF ANIMAL INDUSTRY. 



Feed only when the ground is covered with snow and pleet. I like shelled corn 

 best. Feed in troughs or scattered on the snow. — Texas. 



Yes; in stormy winters we feed hay so placed that they can run to it in the shed, 

 for they must have shelter. — Oreijon. 



Native hay. — Oregon. 



Very little; a few oats, and straw. — Oregon. 



We manage to cut grubs in winter, l)ut give them some straw; will eat most any 

 kind of straw or hay. — Oregon. 



I feed out in the prairie, along with the sheep; feed wild hay and Incern (alfalfa). — 

 Idaho. 



Hay, oat hay, and corn from shock, unhusked; some roots, and more or less 

 bran.- — Iowa. 



Sheaf oats, fodder, straw, and hay in spring. — loioa. . 



They run on the range all winter. — Tcvas. 



Have never had occasion to feed, except during a snowstorm, AvhcMi we cut down 

 branches of live oak. — Texas. 



Do not feed, except the bucks at breeding time; give them wheat hay and barley. — 

 Texas. 



In Nevada we feed our kids some alfalfa hay, at night, for two or three months. — 

 Nevada. 



I find shelled oats best for weakly ones; usually cut brush for the main herd dur- 

 ing winter months. — Oregon. 



We find clover hay and wheat and oats cut in the dough. We prefer that to any- 

 thing else. — Oregon. 



Stock fodder and clover hay. They will do well on the same feed as sheep. — 

 Missouri. 



Not much grain, a little corn fodder, and wheat straw. — Kansas. 



Shredded corn fodder, wheat straw, and a little corn in bad weather. — Kaytnas. 



Goats require more salt than sheep, owing to the more astringent 

 character of their food. If loose salt is used, the general custom is to 

 give it once a week on regular days. If rock salt is used, it should be 

 placed where the animals can get to it at an}^ time. Rock salt is pref- 

 erable, as it can be placed in boxes or troughs raised from the ground, 

 and thus })e kept out of the dirt and be of easy access to the goats at 

 au}^ time; and, too, there is no waste and no danger that the animal 

 will eat too much of it. 



MARKING. 



The question of marking is alwaj^s proper. Several devices are in 

 use, but the metal tag in the ear is prol^ably best known. A practice 

 which appears to give satisfaction is to tattoo the numbers into the 

 ear, using indelible ink. It is found that the metal is sometimes pulled 

 out by brush. 



