WESTERN LAMB FEEDING 289 



ing, not too early, say half an hour after sunrise, 

 the lambs should have their morning feed. The 

 water should be looked after and the lambs allowed 

 peacefully to consume their allowance. Shortly after 

 noon they will lie down to rest and sleep. Do not 

 ever disturb them; assimilation takes place best 

 when they are asleep. Try to feed hay with judg- 

 ment, so that they eat it nearly all and yet have 

 enough. 



At about four in! the afternoon begin feeding 

 again. Later will serve, so you observe the same 

 time each day. Feed just as you did in the morning. 



One hundred lambs will eat about 2y 2 bushels 

 of corn daily when on full feed, unless they are very 

 small lambs. A thousand lambs will eat more than 

 1,500 Ibs. of hay daily. It takes about 2y 2 bushels 

 of corn to fatten a lamb and 12 to 20 tons of hay to 

 the hundred lambs, depending on how long they are 

 kept. 



Soon the stems of hay will accumulate in the barn 

 and make a good bed. The corn should be cut and 

 the stalks fed in the open yard, which will thus be 

 kept dry and clean. The blades of the corn will be 

 pulled off and eaten and the hay thus helped out. 



Soon the manure spreader must be started taking 

 out the accumulating manure from the shed. Every 

 day a few loads may be hauled away and spread on 

 the frozen ground ; thus there is avoided the accumu- 

 lation of a vast amount of manure to be cleared 

 away at one time in spring when every sort of work 

 is crowding. 



