640 



FEEDING OF SHEEP. 



MATERIAL. 



3. Corn ensilage, 

 Hay, 



Linseed meal, 

 Bran, 



4. Clover ensilage, 

 Corn meal, 



5. Corn ensilage, 

 Clover ensilage, 

 Bran, 



60 Ibs 

 5 " 



2 " 

 4 " . 



COST. 

 cents. 



13 cents. 



40 Ibs 



40 " . 



4 " . 



cents. 



14 cents. 



" Any of these rations," says Stewart, in his admirable work on 

 " Feeding Animals," would produce a large flow of milk and fully 

 keep up the condition of the cow, if her live weight were not over 

 1,000 pounds." In most parts of the west any of these rations 

 would not cost at the outside over ten to fourteen cents per day. The 

 ensilage rations are the cheapest and would produce the largest flow 

 of muk; they will also produce a good quality of butter in the 

 winter. 



FEEDING OF SHEEP. 



The great and growing importance of sheep-raising as a branch 

 of agricultural industry is now generally recognized, and practical 

 information which may enable him to manage this department of 

 stock production with more profitable results and with greater econ- 

 omy, will be welcomed by every intelligent farmer. As with every 

 other domestic animal the value will depend largely upon the care 

 and treatment the animal receives. Whether it be raised for wool 

 or for mutton, principally, the degree of profit will be governed by 

 the system of feeding, and this must be judiciously managed and 

 carried out with definite purpose. Years ago sheep were raised 

 almost entirely for their wool alone, but at this day the enormous 

 market for consumption gives the subject of breeding for mutton 

 equal importance with that of raising for the wool product. In 

 this connection it may be said that while many good mutton-sheep 

 are indifferent wool-producers, it is not practicable to raise sheep for 

 wool only, because in this event fully one half the animal would 

 become literally waste. Besides, when feeding is rightly carried on 

 for the production of wool, it cannot but result in developing good 

 mutton; for the very same method which will improve the con- 



