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To give the flock the run of a straw stack during the winter 

 is the poorest kind of a system that can be employed in 

 feeding and handling sheep. When wintered in this manner 

 the sheep become run down in condition and it results in a 

 weak lamb crop the following spring; the fleeces become 

 filled with straw and chaff and the wool grades lower. 



FEEDS PLENTIFUL FOR WINTERING SHEEP 



Glover hay, which is a splendid feed for wintering sheep, 

 is very plentiful in upper Wisconsin. Other small grains are 

 raised and the straw can be used for winter feed. All kinds 



FIG. 8. PREGNANT EWES ENJOYING THEIR ROUGHAGE 

 By scattering their roughage out in a field, ewes are compelled to take exercise. 



of root crops can be grown more successfully and with less 

 expense in the upper than in the southern part of the state. 

 One sheep raiser in Bayfield county harvested more than 

 1,043 bushels of rutabagas from an acre. Roots furnish very 

 good succulent feed for sheep. Sheep also like good, sweet, 

 corn silage during the winter. While the growing season is 

 somewhat shorter in upper than in southern Wisconsin, still 

 fine crops of corn either for fodder, for dry feeding, or for 

 silage can be grown. 



