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ELEMENTS OF FARM PRACTICE 



Sheep produce two crops a year, a crop of wool and a 

 crop of lambs. Often the wool will pay for a year's feed. 

 The lambs will then be clear, and a lamb is ready for market 

 in from six months to a year, while a calf is not profitable 

 for two or three years. 



Rations for Breeding Ewes. — Some sheep feeding work 

 done by the Animal Husbandry Division of the Minnesota 



Figure 99. — A good flock of breeding ewes gleaning in a stubble field. They will 

 pick up all heads of scattered grain, as well as destroy many troublesome weeds. 



Experiment Station, shows that with the common and cheap 

 farm feeds, breeding ewes may be wintered with excellent 

 results and very cheaply. 



The rations given below show the amount of the dif- 

 ferent feeds per day per 100 lbs. live weight of sheep. 



Ration No. I 

 3.7 lbs. of fodder com, in which there were a few nubbins of com. 



Ration No. n 

 3,7 lbs. of second crop clover hay. 



Ration No. HI 

 1.5 lbs. of second crop clover hay, .1 lb. of corn fodder, and .3 

 lb. of oats and corn, equal parts. 



