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tice, both as to materials aud management, and maj' 

 serve as a guide in handling other similar feeding stuffs. 



It is undoubtedly possible to feed sheep with equal 

 success without the use of purchased grains, especially 

 on farms where clover or alfalfa, roots, corn, oats, or 

 oats and peas are produced. We are not justified by 

 experimental results in concluding that bran and oil 

 meal or any other by-product feeds are essential to 

 the highest success in fattening sheep, although these 

 feeding stuffs are very useful for this purpose. A 

 mixed grain ration is always better than any single 

 grain fed alone. 



Instances are on record of a successful combination 

 of green forage crops with grain in fattening sheep. 

 The legume fodders and rape may be fed profitably in 

 the green state with the usual grain mixtures, care 

 being taken to avoid indigestion from excessive eating 

 of the green material. 



Grain in connection with ordinary pasturage is a 

 successful method of fattening sheep or lambs for the 

 fall market. 



PORK PRODUCTION 



The feeding of swine is a matter of almost univer- 

 sal interest to farmers. Even in the older portions 

 of the east a few animals of this class are kept on 

 nearly every farm. Swine are well adapted to the dis- 

 posal of certain wastes, particularly those from the 

 table and the dairy. They are especially useful as a 

 means of profitably converting dairy by-products into 

 a marketable form, and, moreover, during the past 



