QUESTIONS 339 



in the hands of the farmer fedeers, or of those who feed on a 

 similar basis. In fact, the great bulk of the sheep feeding of to-day 

 is done by owners or operators of land who feed from a few hundred 

 to a few thousand sheep and lambs in a season. 



QUESTIONS 



1. When did the sheep-feeding industry originate? 



2. Who first practiced the feeding of sheep on mill screenings? 



3. How did the large feeders operate? 



4. Why did the farmers become interested? 



5. In what ways do farmer feeders have advantage over the speculative 



feeders? 



