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There is little bone material in beet pulp, 

 therefore lambs fed on it are said to suffer that 

 lack. It would seem, however, that alfalfa 

 would make good this deficiency. The prac 

 tical objection to feeding beet pulp in cold 

 weather is its freezing, or its liability to make 

 the yards damp. 



The quality of meat from these pulp-fed 

 lambs is very good, though they do not stand 

 shipment so well as the corn-fed lambs. 



PEAS FOE LAMBS. 



In some regions where the Canada field peas 

 thrive, or near the factories where "split peas" 

 are prepared, peas or pea refuse is available for 

 lamb feeding. There is nothing better. Lambs 

 grow, thrive and fatten admirably on this food. 

 With peas for the grain ration it is not so 

 material that alfalfa be fed, since peas are ex- 

 ceedingly rich in protein. i 



CONCLUSION : THE IMPORTANCE OP THE MATTEE. 



The writer thinks it unnecessary to crave 

 pardon for thus devoting so many pages to the 

 description of the lamb feeding industry, based 

 on Western lambs, corn and alfalfa. 



It is easy to see from the immensity of the 

 ranges and the constant supply of lambs coming 

 from them, together with the great and ever- 

 increasing demand for lamb mutton in the 

 United States, that this industry is one not 

 destined to soon diminish in importance. Old 

 sheep are fed in relatively decreasing numbers 

 and the demand for strictly "baby lambs" is 

 aibsorbing a greater and greater proportion of 



