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tire flock must be called or driven within and fas- 

 tened there for a sufficient time for them to con- 

 sume their ration. They may then be loosened and 

 permitted to roam where they will until the next 

 feeding time arrives. 



The feeder must see to it that every lamb comes 

 up every time. Otherwise he will have cases of in- 

 digestion and founder ; many will get off their feed. 



Sometimes self-feeders are used on pasture. 

 They seldom result well, owing to the essentially 

 short memory and weak original impulse of the 

 lamb. He will not leave his fellows to go for feed 

 when he is hungry, and when he does reach the 

 feeder he is apt to gorge himself, thereafter declin- 

 ing to eat at all. 



USE OF SELF-FEEDERS. 



The writer has used self-feeders in past years in 

 his feeding barns and discarded them entirely. 

 Various tests have shown that not only is the death 

 loss much heavier where self-feeders are used for 

 corn but the cost of gains is also much greater. If 

 bran is fed it may be fed in a self-feeder, though 

 of course this requires the use of considerable bran, 

 and light screenings are well enough fed in that 

 manner, but for corn, barley or wheat, troughs and 

 regular rations are safer and better. 



FEEDING BEET PULP. 



Nearness to sugar factories gives opportunity to 

 utilize the waste product called beet pulp. This 



