FEEDING SHEEP 



229 



that one bushel of roots will be sufficient as a daily 

 allowance for 10 sheep weighing 150 pounds each, 

 if along with the roots i^ pounds of hay and y 2 

 pound of meal or bran are given daily to each animal. 

 Sheep Require Water. During the summer sheep 

 frequently are put on pastures where water is not 

 available. While they may be able to subsist under 



TEMPORARY PASTURES BEST FOR SHEEP 



If grazed over the same land year after year the pastures become infested 

 with parasites. On permanent pastures sheep should be changed frequently. 

 Temporary pastures of timothy and clover provide rich forage and the 

 constant turning of the land by the plow keeps the parasites in check. 



these conditions they often suffer, and even perish, 

 from lack of water. So long as heavy dews gather 

 on the grass considerable water is taken into the 

 system and its demand is in this way met, but in the 

 hot summer, when dews are infrequent or totally 

 lacking and pastures are dry, there is a decided need 

 for water. This must be provided if satisfactory 



