346 FEEDS AND FEEDING, ABRIDGED 



Experienced shepherds commonly grow annual crops to supplement 

 permanent pastures when they are short. The earliest grazing is 

 usually furnished by the cereals, the best of which, according to 

 Shaw,^^ is winter rye. Rye is also grown for fall grazing and in 

 sections with moderate winters winter wheat furnishes feed during 

 the colder mouths. The sorghums are useful in the plains region, 

 altho not especially relished by sheep. Where they flourish, field 

 peas, vetches, cowpeas, and crimson and Japan clover all furnish ex- 

 cellent pasture. Rape is the most widely useful member of the mus- 

 tard family, which furnishes several other grazing crops. At the 

 Wisconsin Station,^® rape proved much superior to bluegrass pasture 

 for lambs. The best results are secured when rape and bluegrass 

 are used in combination. In the mild climate of the Pacific coast 

 where it endures the winter, kale provides excellent spring feed. In 

 the fall kohlrabi and cabbage may be useful. Both rutabagas and 

 turnips are widely grown in Britain for grazing. Shaw suggests 

 these crops for winter grazing in the southern states. 



QUESTIONS 



1. About how large gains should good lambs make and about how much feed 

 will they eat per 100 lbs. of gain (a) when fed an unlimited allowance of corn 

 and legume hay; (b) when the corn allowance is limited? 



2. What is the value for sheep of barley, wheat, wheat screenings, oats, 

 emmer, and kafir compared with corn? 



3. State the value and uses for sheep of at least four protein-rich concen- 

 trates. 



4. Discuss the importance of legume hay for fattening lambs. 



5. Compare the value of four kinds of legume hay for sheep. 



6. To what extent would you use carbonaceous roughages for sheep? 



7. In your own section would you use roots or silage for sheep? Why? 



8. DiScuss the use of corn silage for sheep. 



9. What other kinds of silage are useful for sheep? 



10. What is the value of wet beet pulp for sheep fattening? 



11. What pasture crops are suitable for sheep in your district? State the 

 precautions you would take in grazing sheep on clover. 



12. Using local prices for feeds, compute the ration you would recommend for 

 fattening Iambs weighing 75 lbs. per head. Follow the method described in 

 Chapter VIII and use the Modified Wolff -Lehmann Standards. 



15 Management and Feeding of Sheep, p. 171. 



16 Craig, Wis. Rpt. 1897. 



