54 MISSOURI AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETIN 120 



LAMBS FROM LOT XIV EWES WERE FED CORN STOVER, CLOVER 



HAY AND GRAIN. 



This ration proved to be the most atisfactory method of utilizing the 

 corn stover for breeding sheep. 



eights of its estimated capacity. For this reason the figures in the 

 last column of the table should be reduced by one-eighth to one-third, 

 as these figures are based upon the supposition that the silo will hold 

 as much silage as it is estimated to hold. 



FEEDING CORN STOVER TO BREEDING EWES. 



Corn stover alone is not recommended as a feed for breeding stock 

 of any kind because it does not contain sufficient quantities of 

 muscle and blood building nutrients. It also has a tendency to 

 constipate breeding ewes, which frequently leads to more serious 

 troubles. In order to utilize the corn stover to the best advantage 

 it should be fed in connection with a protein feed and one of a laxative 

 nature. In these trials a grain ration of six parts shelled corn, three 

 parts bran and one part linseed oil cake by weight was used and 

 proved very satisfactory. 



The results of feeding trials of corn stover and grain, corn stover 

 and clover hay; and corn stover, clover hay and grain, are presented 

 in Table VII. 



LAMBS FROM LOT XVIII EWES WERE FED CORN STOVER AND 



CLOVER HAY. 

 The mothers of these lambs received a ration which did not contain 



enouah nutriment to keen un a flow r>f milk sufficient tr maintain 



