80 FOR BETTER CROPS 



safe deliver}'. She should have exercise and a liberal supph^ of 

 fresh air. Then her safe lambing is assured. 



The Milking Ewe — After the lamb is born there is no longer 

 any need to stint the ewe in the amount of alfalfa she is fed; her 

 own instinct will tell her how much. And it should be of the 

 earliest cuttings, and nicely cured with the leaves all on. With 

 this alfalfa, very little grain indeed will be needed to make her 

 give liberally of milk before grass comes. And after the first 

 green grass of spring comes, it is fine if she can have her regular 

 ration of alfalfa hay to supplement the grass, prevent scours, and 

 make her keep strong and in good flesh. Of course her little 

 lamb will eat alfalfa hay from the time it is three days old, the 



Alfalfa in the stack 



tender leaves first, the stems later on, and there should be a 

 special rack for it where the ewes can not come to disturb. 

 With alfalfa hay and a little corn added, soaking both in mothers' 

 milk, the baby lambs will soon attain a beautiful baby maturity 

 that will enable their owners to sell them for many, many 

 shekels of the coin of the realm. 



Alfalfa for Feeding Lambs — For fattening lambs born on 

 the great ranges and kept there till weaning time in the fall, 

 nothing can take the place of alfalfa hay, if the greatest facility 

 coupled with the largest profits are sought. The lamb feeding 

 business lias grown to magnificent i)roportions in Colorado, where 

 the abundant streams coursing down from the giant snowcapped 



