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in the place of hay, this I believe having a very beneficial 

 effect by way of variety. All roughage, clover hay, fodder 

 or whatever same may consist of was changed three times 

 daily, no stale rations being ever allowed before them. What 

 the lambs do not clean up, the ewes will; therefore, there is- 

 practically no waste attending the feeding oprations. At 

 first, when the lambs commence to eat, a little ground oats 

 and finished middlings prove very agreeable and beneficial 

 to them. Another very good ration is: Give new process 

 oil meal until about one month old; after this one peck of 

 cracked corn, and, if obtainable, one peck of bruised barley, 

 in preference to same quantity of oats. Give all they will- 

 eat three times daily. The lambs should never be required to 

 eat up what they leave over from one meal to another, or 

 fat lambs cannot be expected. Lambs to become fat and prime 

 must be kept full and their "tails wiggling." 



Rations for the Breeding Ewes. 



A very valuable ration for ewes after lambing is com- 

 pounded as follows: 10 pounds corn meal, 10 pounds wheat 

 bran, 2 pounds linseed meal (mix). Feed at the rate of 

 one pound of this mixture on one or two pounds of cut tur- 

 nips or other roots that may be on hand. Feed morning and 

 evening. Give all the bright clover hay they will eat up with- 

 out waste. It is always advisable that the ewes be fed lightly 

 of rich, stimulating rations for the first few days after yean- 

 ing. Scours are ofttimes the outcome of too generous feed- 

 ing directly after yeaning. This little trouble, however, is 

 usually easily corrected by the change of rations; should it 

 not prove effectual drugs must be resorted to. Castor oil, 



