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sheep are admitted. When the gates are opened 

 they come in with a rush. 



When first the lambs are received they are care 

 fully dipped and then given, usually, a preparatory 

 course of alfalfa feeding before having any grain. 

 When they are introduced to corn it is fed in very 

 small amounts, slowly and steadily increased until 



HACKS FOR FEEDING GRAIN. 

 Photo from Wilcox, 1902 Year Book, Bureau Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. Agr. 



finally they are eating about all they desire. That 

 amount will be between two and three bushels per 

 day to the hundred head. It is found best to feed 

 corn in regular rations two or three times a day 

 rather than to use "self feeders, " such as are used 

 in the Northwest for feeding light screenings. 

 These self feeders, by the way, are merely bins hav- 



