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arc now "rowing black barley or hulless barley 

 at altitudes of over 8,000 feet to increase the 

 efficiency of their winter feed. 



Pasture fattening is letting the animals feed 

 in the field and do their own harvesting. The 

 dry, open falls and winters, with little snow, 

 makes such feeding possible. The feeding is 

 often done on a large scale by simply herding the 

 lambs in the pea fields. This is a somewhat 

 wasteful method, as the animals run over, tramp 

 down and shell out much of the peas, so they get 

 the poorest feed at the finishing period when 

 they should have the finest and best. The use 

 of division fences or hurdles gives better results. 

 An acre of peas will fatten from eight to twelve 

 lambs. They are turned on the peas the latter 

 part of October or first of November and fed 

 from two and one-half to four months. At first 

 they are run on the peas a few hours and then 

 taken off. This is repeated a few days until the 

 lambs become used to the feed so they will not 

 eat so much as to cause bloat. After that they 

 are allowed to remain and eat the peas at will. 

 Pea-fed lambs are most excellent quality meat 

 and bring good prices. While they do not aver- 

 age quite so high in the market as corn and alfal- 

 fa-fed lambs, they are in good demand and the 

 cheapness with which the fattening is done often 

 makes such feeding highly profitable. The best 

 farmers usually allow hogs to pasture after the 



