234 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



other feeding stuffs oats are rather expensive, and 

 for this reason they often give way to linseed oil 

 meal, cottonseed meal, soy beans, and wheat bran. 

 Wheat bran, being bulky, is splendid to use in a 

 mixture with the oil meals. 



Wheat screenings, where available, give good re- 

 turns. Not many years back screenings were a 

 principal part of fattening rations. This food prod- 

 uct has been very largely taken over by stock food 

 and commercial food factories, thus leaving only a 

 small amount for sheep feeding. Screenings are 



OUT AT PASTURE 



The sheep have been kept thrifty by wise feeding and careful attention. 

 Both ewes and lambs are together. 



ground and mixed with various weed seeds and 

 other by-products of the cereal food factories. The 

 price at which these foods are sold is high and usu- 

 ally out of proportion to the price that sheep bring 

 in the market. 



With the breaking up of large flocks, sheep will 

 be raised more and more in small flocks on small 

 farms of 50 to 100 acres. On such farms they will 

 have the run of the temporary pastures, will be fed 



