PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



They are pasture lambs and usually come from the 

 South where pastures are green very early in spring, and 

 where lambing time is somewhat earlier than farther 

 north. These lambs may be fed grain with profit, even 

 though they have plenty of rich pasture. In this way 

 they can be quickly finished for market from April fifteenth 

 to June first while prices are high. To get the best 

 results with them, the ewes may be fed some grain but 

 should receive cotton-seed meal and some hulls, and 

 with these a light sprinkling of shorts. 



These Tennessee lambs are followed by Kentucky 

 Iambs during July, and the Central States Natives and 

 western range lambs from July fifteenth to about Novem- 

 ber first. 



These are the grain fed spring lambs 

 Fed Lambs that run from about November first 



to June first. They are mostly range- 

 bred stock that has been moved east during the fall and 

 handled by feeders. 



The time required to finish these lambs depends upon 

 the time that they are put on special feeds and the nature 

 of the feeds used. Different feeds are used in different 

 parts of the country. In some sections like Colorado 

 where hundreds of thousands are finished for market, 

 feeding is almost a profession. The practice there hinges 

 on the rich alfalfa crops and the pea fields in the Arkansas 

 Valley, the grains and other concentrates being shipped 

 in. In Idaho, Montana and other western states, lambs 

 are frequently kept over and finished during the fall 

 and winter months on hay. In the middle west and 

 further east, various kinds of feed combinations are 

 used as suggested in the chapter on feeding. Soy-bean 

 meal, shorts, corn meal, and various other concentrates, 

 combined with some hay and clover or alfalfa, con- 

 stitute the bulk of such feeds. In feeding for market 

 farmers should exercise judgment for the reason that 

 greatest profits are always made by judicious feeding. 



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