WESTERN l.AMB FEEDING. 



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The reason is plain: the mature sheep has its 

 frame already built, has nearly as much luus- 

 eular structure as it will ever have. It has 

 been demonstrated that feeding does not ma- 

 terially add to the flesh of the animal, unless 

 perhaps in case of considerable emaciation, but 

 puts on fat instead, either intruding it between 



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the muscles, or, what is usual with the sheep, 

 depositing it in masses partly upon the inside 

 and partly distributed over the body. 



The lamb, as has been noted, has its frame- 

 work yet to build, therefore it needs and must 

 have abundant protein, thus its thrift when fed 

 such protein-carrying foods as wheat bran, oil- 

 meal, soy beans and alfalfa or clover hay. 



