386 FACTORS AFFECTING GAIN IN FATTENING 



QUESTIONS 



1. What effect has age on the rate of growth in sheep? Upon the utiliza- 



tion of feed? 



2. What factors influence the efficiency of a ration i'or fattening sheep 



and lambs? 



3. Would you attempt to fatten sheep solely on silage and dry roughage? 



4. Would you attempt to fatten sheep solely on grain? 



5. Of what advantage are self-feeders in fattening sheep? In what par- 



ticulars is hand-feeding more advantageous? 



6. When would it pay to shear fattening sheep and lambs just before 



marketing ? 



7. How much gain should a fattening lamb make in 90 days? 



8. How much corn and alfalfa hay will it require to feed a fattening lamb 



for 90 days? 



9. How much corn, corn silage, and clover hay will it require to feed a 



fattening lamb for 90 days? 



10. Construct a fattening ration for sheep from clover hay, oat straw, 



corn, and linseed oil meal. 



11. What is the distinguishing difference between a legume and a carbon- 



aceous roughage? 



