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PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



where large numbers of sheep are fed, and where labor is scarce 

 and high. 



Rations for Fattening Sheep. The rations given below will 

 show the kinds and amounts of different feeding stuffs that may be 

 fed to fattening lambs weighing 80 to 100 pounds: 



1. 2 pounds clover hay, 1 pound wheat bran, l l / 2 pounds corn. 



2. l l / 2 pounds hay, iy 2 pounds roots, 1% pounds oats and wheat 

 bran, equal weights. 



3. l!/2 pounds clover hay, 1 pound roots, 1 pound corn, y 2 

 pound wheat bran. 



4. 3 pounds alfalfa hay, % pound corn. 



FIG. 95. A flock of Angora goats in the California foothills. These goats will keep 

 down underbrush; they furnish mohair fiber used in the manufacture of plush and other 

 fabrics. 



5. 1 pound each cotton-seed hulls and cotton-seed meal. 

 G. iy 2 pounds clover hay, 1 pound corn, 14 pound wheat bran, 

 y 2 pound gluten feed. 



7. 2 pounds alfalfa hay, 2 pounds ground corn and oats. 



8. 2 pounds clover hay, iy 2 pounds soybeans, y pound wheat 

 bran. 



Feeding Goats. Goat raising is of importance as an industry 

 in only four or five States in the Union, viz., in Texas, New Mexico, 

 Arizona, Oregon, and California (Fig. 95). In 1910 there were 

 nearly three million goats and kids in the United States, of which 

 over a million were in Texas and about one-half million in New 

 Mexico. Nearly three-quarters of the number of goats in the 

 country were found within the borders of the five States mentioned. 



