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It is not necessary to import grain from other 

 states or to send away long distances for milling 

 feeds. The ordinary farm grains such as are 

 grown on every farm may be utilized in lamb or 

 wether feeding when they are mixed in the right 

 way and with suitable roughage. Thus, a mixture 

 of corn and oats, corn and peas, or corn, peas and 

 oats will produce rapid gains in lambs at a hand- 

 some profit. It is not necessary to feed these 

 grain mixtures in larger quantities than three- 

 quarters of a pound per day, together with such 

 roughage as is ordinarily present on the farm. In 

 a comparison of various grain rations for sheep in 

 Wisconsin, it was found that one containing equal 

 parts of corn, oats and bran with silage and hay 

 is exceedingly satisfactory for ewes. A very 

 efficient ration was found in equal parts of shelled 

 corn, oats and brewer's grains. The feeding of 

 brewer's grains has one advantage over corn and 

 corn and oats in that among other effects it produces 

 a larger milk yield in ewes and, therefore, produces 

 the rapid development of the lamb. If the con- 

 dition of the ewes and the growth of the lamb are 

 both considered as the purpose of feeding a grain 

 ration, brewer's grains and corn silage stand high 

 in effectiveness. In another comparison of grains 

 for sheep feeding brewer's grain stood at the head, 

 followed by bran, shelled corn and oats. Any one 

 of the grains, however, was quite satisfactory 

 when fed in connection with two and one-half 

 pounds of silage and two pounds of hay per day 

 ror each ewe. As in previous tests dried brewer's 

 grains and corn silage were most effective in in- 

 creasing the milk yield of the ewes. The sheep 

 raisers frequently ask the question whether it is 

 more profitable to feed grain extensively from 



