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Turnips, Rape and Rye 



Turnips, rape, soy beans or vetch sowed in the corn at last 

 cultivation will often furnish much fall and early winter feed. 

 Early-sowed rye makes good fall, winter, and spring pasture. 



Sheds and Hayracks 



As winter approaches with hard freezing and snows, sheds and 

 racks for feeding hay must be provided. 



Silage and Alfalfa for Ewes 



There is no better roughage for sheep than alfalfa hay. Next 

 to it is clover, soy bean and pea hay. Early-cut oat hay is ex- 

 cellent roughage for ewes. 



An ideal winter feed for breeding ewes is from three to five 

 pounds per day of good corn silage to each ewe, and what alfalfa 

 hay they will eat up clean. The silage should be made from 

 well-matured, well-eared corn. If there is no alfalfa, clover or 

 protein roughage they should have some oil meal, cotton seed 

 meal, wheat bran, or a mixture of these to furnish protein. Corn 

 fodder can be fed to the ewes in racks, shredded or cut, or whole 

 stalks can be scattered on the frozen ground (better out on the 

 pasture), where they can pick the blades off. 



Clean Feeding Ground 



Never feed fodder or hay day after day in the same place on the 

 ground. Sheep do not like to eat from a place where they must 

 muss over the feed. 



Bad Practice of Feeding Fodder Day after Day in the Same Place. Sheep Will 

 Not Eat Feed They Have Tramped Over Unless Driven To It By Hunger. 



