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FACTORS AFFECTING GAIN IN FATTENING 



Comparison of Various Concentrates. The following table 

 from " Feeds and Feeding " by Henry and Morrison gives the 

 digestible nutrients in the various concentrates used in sheep 

 feeding : 



Composition of Various Concentrates. 



Roughages for Fattening. Legume Hay. Eoughages made 

 from the legumes are the best for fattening sheep as they are 

 palatable and properly supplement the various grains commonly 

 used. Red clover and alfalfa lead in popularity because they are 

 widely grown and they are not so stemmy and coarse as the hay 

 made from soybeans, cowpeas, etc. Furthermore, there is no grain 

 in the hay to make the adjustment of the ration more or less 

 difficult. Experiments show clover hay to be slightly superior to 

 alfalfa pound for pound, but the difference between them is very 

 slight. Alsike clover compares favorably with red clover, but 

 English or mammoth clover is stemmy. Little is known of the 

 feeding value of sweet clover hay. 



Trials with soybean and cowpea hay of good quality indicate 

 that they are about equal to alfalfa in feeding value. 



