184 Sheep Management. 



FEED FOR SHOW LAMBS. 



In order to keep lambs growing constantly they 

 must always be given an abundance of feed. As 

 soon as they are able to eat grain, they should re- 

 ceive it. They can also be given roots, good clover 

 hay, and some cabbage or turnips. Rape should 

 be sown early to feed to them at the time when 

 pastures are getting short in the middle of sum- 

 mer. As long as the weather is cool the lambs do 

 well on a grain ration consisting of bran, oats, a 

 little cornmeal, and some oilmeal. However, when 

 the weather begins to get hot too much corn must 

 not be fed, for corn produces heat and makes 

 lambs founder very easily. In the hot weather 

 their ration should consist mostly of green feed. 

 Some cracked field peas are very beneficial for 

 fitting show sheep and lambs, as they produce a 

 firm and solid flesh. In all cases lambs are much 

 harder to fit than older sheep, as they are more 

 tender and cannot withstand heavy feeding like 

 older ones. 



FEED FOR OLDER SHEEP. 



The feed for older sheep is practically the same 

 as for lambs, with the one exception that they can 

 be fed more grain if it should be needed, for there 

 is less danger of foundering them. In the hot 

 weather it is a good plan to feed show sheep in a 



