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well and feeding the fresli carcass to his pigs or 

 chickens. 



The writer does not believe it necessary for lambs 

 to be out in their yards during day or night, so the 

 barn or shed is as thoroughly aired as he has direct- 

 ed. When they are confined their urine is saved 

 and the value of the manure greatly increased. 

 Eich green fields spring up as by magic about the 

 lamb feeding plant, and when off years come and 

 little direct money profit is seen the feeder can con- 

 sole himself if he has husbanded wisely his stores 

 of manure by seeing the corn reaching toward 

 heaven and flaunting its banners of deepest, dark- 

 est green, while following the corn are fine mead- 

 ows of alfalfa or clover. 



When lambs are fed long, until after green grass 

 comes in spring, it is a temptation to turn them 

 out to graze for a time. This is a mistaken prac- 

 tice, sure to result in great loss. The lambs will 

 not continue to gain on grass, even though fed their 

 grain as usual, at least there will be a period of re- 

 action when they will actually lose flesh, though if 

 the practice be continued long enough they will 

 gain it back again. It is more profitable to send 

 them to market right from their dry lot. 



Sometimes, however, lambs are bought in the 

 spring with the expectation of feeding them off on 

 grass, with corn. This may prove a satisfactory 

 enterprise if it is carefully managed. The troughs 

 should be placed in a yard or temporary corral in 

 the pasture and when grain is put in them the en- 



