296 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA 



pulp is an excellent food but contains 90 per cent 

 of water. Therefore, like silage, it is not well to 

 feed it without dry grain being added to the ration 

 as well as dry forage. A ton of pulp contains 

 about the same feeding value as 200 pounds of corn. 

 This would indicate what the farmer can afford to 

 pay for pulp a very small amount indeed when he 

 must count the cost of hauling and feeding. It is 

 doubtless a healthful addition to the ration but ex- 

 periments show that pulp alone with alfalfa hay 

 does not make as good lambs as corn and alfalfa. 



There is little bone material in beet pulp, and 

 lambs fed on it are said to suffer from that lack. 

 It would seem, however, that alfalfa would make 

 good this deficiency. The practical objection to 

 feeding beet pulp in cold weather is its freezing, 

 or its liability to make the yards damp. 



The quality of meat from these pulp-fed lambs 

 is very good, though they do not stand shipment so 

 well as corn-fed lambs. 



CAUSES OF DEATH IN THE FEEDLOT. 



Lambs born east of the Missouri River are often 

 infested with stomach worms. In buying them in 

 the fall to put on feed only the thin ones can be 

 secured, and these are almost certainly infested. 

 These lambs will die rapidly in the feedlot unless 

 they are thoroughly treated to eradicate the worms. 



Lambs free from parasites should not die. When 

 they do it is because of some mistake in their man- 

 agement, or some accident. 



