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grass not a clover, you can not discard bran, 

 since there is too little proteiu in the grasses 

 to malce the lambs grow. They need to make a 

 lot of flesh and bone, too, besides the fat. If 

 you have them to spare feed a small amount 

 of soy beans in connection with com. Soys 

 are rich in protein, some varieties having above 

 35 per cent. And the soy straw, if it has not 

 been wet, is relished though too coarse to be 

 eaten clean. QUmeal in connection with bran, 

 where grasses or corn stover form the hay, 

 works admirably. 



There is most clean profit, however, in feed- 

 ing the simple ration of alfalfa hay and ear 

 com and nothing else, unless com silage, and 

 nothing will make better or more marketable 

 lambs. 



Once on full feed the programme should be 

 an unvarying one. At some regular time in the 

 morning, not too early^ say half an hour after 

 sunrise, the, lambs should have their morning 

 feed. The water should be looked after and 

 the lambs allowed peacefully to consume their 

 allowance. Shortly after noon they will lie 

 down to rest and sleep. Do not ever disturb 

 them; assimilation takes place best when they 

 are asleep. Try to feed hay with judgment, so 

 that they eat it nearly all and yet have enough. 



At about four in the afternoon begin feeding 

 again. Later will serve, so you observe the 

 same time each day. Feed just as you did in 

 the morniag. 



One hundred lambs will eat about 2% bush- 

 els of corn daily when on full feed, unless they 



