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they should be fed from one-half to one pound of grain per 

 head daily. Fattening sheep will require on the average from 

 one to two pounds of grain mixture, in addition to one or tw^o 

 pounds of good clover or alfalfa hay and one to two pounds of 

 corn silage (free from mold) per hundred pounds of live weight 

 daily. The following are excellent grain mixtures for sheep: 



An}^ of the above will gi\'e about the proper average nutritive 

 ratio. Barley, enuner, kafir and niilo may be successfully sub- 

 stituted for corn in any of the above. Wheat is not a profitable 

 concentrate for sheep feeding. 



Eoughages for sheep include the various hays, ensilage and 

 roots. The legumes such as clover, alfalfa and cow pea hay are 

 all good. Timothy hay should not be fed to sheep as it is very 



Fig. 1S7. — Grasping the leg of mutton with both hands well up, note thick- 

 ness and firmness ol' Hesh, and the depth and breadth of twist. 



