250 SHEEP FARMING IN AMERICA. 



writer fed his lambs in person he preferred 

 the brining method. 



We will feed no grain at all for the first two 

 weeks, imless the lambs chance to be Timisually 

 vigorous and therefore able to take it sooner. 

 It is wise to let the lambs get their strength 

 before attempting to feed them grain, to which 

 they are all unaccustomed. 



In some cases the lambs will be so weak 

 when they have found their journey's end that 

 it will be wise to strengthen them by feeding a 

 little wheat bfan in connection with the clover 

 or alfalfa hay. There is hardly anything more 

 readily digested and strengthening than wheat 

 bran and it seems especially suited to the needs 

 of the lamb. In truth, the one reason why the 

 writer is not using it and advocating it is its 

 heavy cost, now that the dairymen have learned 

 that they must have it. 



In former years, before they had much alfalfa 

 hay and when bran was far cheaper than now, 

 the writer and his brothers have fed many tons 

 oi it to lambs with very gratifying results. 

 They made it profitable to feed it, though later 

 when they had abandoned it for alfalfa hay 

 produced on their own fann, the profits of 

 lamb feeding were greatly increased. 



The cost of growing lamb mutton in the days 

 when timothy hay, oat straw and shredded 

 com stover were used in connection with wheat 

 bran and oilmeal formed the ration, with com, 

 was about $6.25 per hundred pounds. After- 

 ward, when the only feeds fed were alfalfa hay 



