SILAGE FOR SHEEP 



Good silage made from mature corn is a safe and dependable 

 sheep feed in the hands of a careful feeder. 



Sour or mouldy si- 

 lage will kill sheep. 



Lambs can be fed 

 up to two pounds of 

 silage daily and older 

 sheep up to five 

 pounds. Some good 

 sheep men feed ewes 

 suckling lambs, all the 

 silage they will eat. 

 Clover or alfalfa hay 

 should be fed with si- 

 lage. The amount of 

 grain fed with silage 

 depends on the amount 

 of corn in the silage. 



The writer has win- 

 tered breeding ewes 

 and fattened lambs 

 successfully on corn 

 silage, made from ma- 

 ture corn with large 

 ears on it, and alfalfa 

 hay, with no other 

 feeds. 



Start the sheep on 

 silage by giving them 

 very little at a time. 



Sheep on Farm of O. C. Shaffel, 

 New Castle, Indiana 



Don't give the sheep a big mess of silage the first feed 

 after they have been away from it a while. 



Be careful not to feed mouldy or spoiled silage to sheep. 



Don't feed the silage from around the silo doors, no 

 matter how good it appears to be. 



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