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PRODUCTIVE FEEDING OF FARM ANIMALS 



fed grain until in the right condition for market. Water and salt 

 are supplied in each pen. t 



In the corn belt the common method is to feed the lambs an 

 abundance of good hay and to bring them slowly on to full grain 

 ration, beginning with one-fourth pound per head daily and gradu- 



FIG. 91. Range sheep ia feed yards at Caldwell, Nevada. (Iddings.) 



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FIG. 92. A flock of sheep on a western range. (Pacific Rural Press.) 



ally increasing this to one pound per head daily in about three 

 weeks, after which time they get all the grain they will clean up 

 at each feeding; less hay is eaten as the lambs get on full grain 

 feed. Lambs thus fed should make a gain of 25 to 30 pounds in 100 

 days, when they will be ready for market. There is considerable 

 variation in the choice of grain mixtures and other feeds. Corn 



