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>SALT FED. 



Salt was placed in small boxes and kept before the 

 animals all the time. They are very fond of it, as the fol- 

 lowing table shows. Each ewe ate at the rate of 15 to 19 

 pounds of salt yearly, or a flock of 100 ewes would have 

 consumed in one year's time from 1,500 to 2,000 pounds 

 of salt. 



Table 3. Salt eaten per month ~by each ewe. 



Cotton seed meal .". . ) 



2 (1907) Cotton seed hulls (summer [ 1.29 



work) j 



WATER DRANK.' 



It is often thought that sheep will not drink much water, 

 and that they will thrive as well without it as with it. 

 Data were collected on the amount of water consumed by 

 some ewes from August 21st to September 9th, 1908, while 

 Ihey were confined in small sheltered lots. The weather 

 was about normal for this time of year. 



Table 4. Water drank per ewe per day. 



Lot Ration Pounds water used by each ewe per day 



1 Green sorghum 2.5 (.3 gallons) 



2 Cotton seed meal and hulls 6.1 (.95 gallons) 



FINANCIAL STATEMENT FOR OLD FLOCK. 



1906-'07. 



The financial statement includes all the income and ex- 

 penses upon the old flock of 16 ewes and one ram from 

 October the first, 1906, to October the first, 1907, a year's 

 time. While the flock was not carried through the year 

 wilh a view of rendering a financial statement at the end, 

 still the statement points out what profit can be made upon 



