206 Sheep Management. 



This rich grain ration will not do for lambs in 

 warm weather, for it is too heavy. During the 

 warm weather a mixture of bran, oats, and a very 

 little oilmeal has given satisfaction for feeding 

 lambs. In cool weather a few peas and a little 

 barley or corn will not injure the lambs, but, in 

 general, lambs need very close watching so as not 

 to overload them with grain, which causes over- 

 heating and foundering. They should, however, 

 have all the green feeds they can eat. During the 

 hottest months of the fitting period the best feeds 

 for them are cabbage, rape, green clover, turnips, 

 or rutabagas. At this time these feeds, together 

 with some good clover or alfalfa liny, preferably 

 the latter, should be their main ration. The 

 feeder must judge as to the amount of grain to be 

 fed to each animal. 



Often the writer has been feeding yearlings 

 heavily for two or three weeks, because he thought 

 that they were not advancing rapidly. After 

 handling them again, he found that they were gain- 

 ing too fast, and therefore the grain ration was 

 decreased somewhat so that at show time they 

 would be in just the proper condition. The touch 

 of the feeder's hand must guide the feeding. 

 Lambs hardly ever get too fat. 



