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A STUDY OF FARM ANIMALS 



Figure 168. Hothouse lambs on farm of G. M. Wilber, Ohio. Photograph by 

 the author. 



a winter lamb raiser in eastern Canada: by weight 1 part 

 each of barley, oats and cracked corn, and 2 parts of bran. 

 Salting sheep is a common practice where due consider- 

 ation is given the needs of these animals. Many flock- 

 masters east of the Mississippi river keep salt in small boxes 

 in the pens or feed lot where it is always available to the 



Figure 169. Salting a flock of W. U. Noble's Southdowns. This is an ideal 

 woods pasture for sheep. Photograph by the author. 



