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ing yards no shelter whatever is given the sheep. 

 But when sheep are not sheltered their fleeces at 

 times become soaking wet from rains or snows, 

 and the result is lung trouble and pneumonia. 

 They do not, however, need a warm or very costly 

 place. All that is necessary is a simple roof over 

 them to keep them dry. Do not allow feeding 

 sheep or any others to wade or sleep in a yard 

 where the mud is perhaps knee deep. Any kind 

 of sheep like to have it dry underneath them, and 

 comfortable dry quarters help them materially to 

 put on flesh. 



GRAIN FOR FATTENING. 



Many large feeding operators have used wheat 

 screenings chiefly as the grain ration. The writer 

 is unable to say anything relative to the feeding 

 value of wheat screenings, as they have never been 

 used at this Station for the reason that they con- 

 tain large amounts of weed seeds, which will get 

 into the manure in spite of the greatest care and 

 be brought into the fields, there causing havoc. The 

 best and cheapest returns in different trials con- 

 ducted at this Station have been obtained by feed- 

 ing shelled corn, provided corn is available at a 

 normal price. Dried beet pulp also has given very 

 satisfactory results, and stands almost equal to 

 corn in feeding value for sheep, besides being 

 much cheaper. Oats, when used as the sole grain, 



