JOS HOW TO MAKE TlIK FARM PAY. 



lAi. IN r.ii clover, cured bright, is undoubtedly the best feed for 

 shcop, but economy requires that they should also consume the 

 straw ami stalks of the farm. We would say hero, that every 

 ithoep itwnor, who has any laud adapted to turnips, should raise 

 ihom lor hiiJ sheep. We should as soon think of going without 

 potatoes iu the family, as raising sheep without turnips, or 

 some other roots. Turnips, as far as they can be fed, are 

 far cheaper than hay. 



The following amounts are equal to one hundred pounds of 

 meadow hay, composed of clover, timothy, June grass, etc. 



« ■ 



* a s 



a i 3 ' 



a g ■§ 



o — "" 



o o a 



S - - 



It is not economy to feed any one of the above alone, not 

 even the best hay, but as in our own ibod a variety is both more 

 palatable and more healthful. Eegularity in the hours of feeding 

 and in the amount given are also ver}'- essential. It is usually 

 desirable to feed a large proportion of straw during the first two 

 or three months of winter. Two and a half or three pounds of 

 straw is equivalent to one pound of hay, but that amount of 

 straw could not be digested properly, so a portion of the food 

 must be in more concentrated form. This is accomplished by 

 feeding three pounds of straw, equal to one pound of hay, and 

 one pound of grain, bran, meal, or oil cake, equal to two pounds 

 of hay. One pound of roots added to the above makes a most 

 excellent feed. John Johnston writes: "I generally buy my 

 sheep in October. Then I have good pasture to put them on, 

 and they gain a good deal before winter sets in. For the last 

 twenty-three years, I have fed straw for the first two or two 



