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alfalfa pasture as I would pigs, with ear corn 

 thrown on a clean place on the ground. The results 

 were astonishing. Lambs born in March weighed in 

 late June 80 pounds and were sent fat to market, at 

 long prices. 



In Kentucky some of the best early lamb growers 

 practice turning the ewes and lambs on alfalfa that 

 has run into blue grass considerably. The result 

 is glorious lambs that bring the top prices and ripen 

 weeks earlier than lambs running on common pas- 

 turage. 



Ewes Get Too Fat. The practical objection to 

 alfalfa pasturage is that it makes ewes too fat to 

 breed well. To remedy this one ought, if he sees 

 such condition approaching, take them away and 

 turn them to rather poor grass for a time. I feel 

 certain that I have lost the use of a good many ewes 

 from barrenness through this effect, as they became 

 fat, ready for the butcher and not ready for the ram. 

 One remedy would naturally be to send them as they 

 became fat to market, but this is not practicable in a 

 pure-bred flock. 



