238 FEEDING FARM ANIMALS 



mixed hay may be used for roughage, with wheat 

 bran and corn for grain, about ^2 pound of a mixture 

 of corn and bran being given daily to each animal. 

 As they plump up, the grain may be increased grad- 

 ually, until it reaches as much as two or even three 

 pounds a day. 



Where alfalfa or clover is used, a {found of corn 

 daily will be satisfactory. If alfalfa or clover is 

 freely used and corn is relatively low in price and 

 hay high, then cut down the allotment of hay and 

 feed one or two pounds of corn daily. Where some 

 grass hay or corn stover, shredded or unshredded, 

 is the only source of roughage, bran and one of the 

 oil meals should be used in addition to the corn. If 

 fed throughout the winter in this manner, a heavy 

 wool clip may be secured the following spring before 

 the animals are marketed. Thus satisfactory profits 

 will ordinarily be secured. 



SOME SAMPLE RATIONS 



For Lambs Weighing 50 to 60 Pounds. 



The following rations, in common use, secure sat- 

 isfactory gains. The amount of feed here sug- 

 gested is for flocks of 50 and the daily allow- 

 ance for all : 



1. Mixed hay, 50 pounds; roots, 50 pounds; corn, 



45 pounds ; oats, 6 pounds. 



2. Mixed hay, 50 pounds ; roots, 50 pounds ; bran, 



25 pounds; linseed meal, 20 pounds; cotton- 

 seed meal, 15 pounds. 



3. Cottonseed hulls, 60 pounds; cottonseed meal, 



40 pounds. 



