FATTENING SHEEP AND LAMBS IN WINTER 2I7 



being fed, the following grain rations will be found suit- 

 able after the sheep have been brought up to full feeding : 

 Corn, sorghum seed, barley, wheat, oats or peas, with say 

 five per cent of wheat bran or oilcake added, and in the 

 case of corn and sorghum seed a larger per cent. When 

 four to five pounds of roots are fed a day, the bran and 

 oilcake may be dispensed with, but when these and roots 

 also are included in the ration, the results will usually 

 be even more favorable. At the Wyoming station, alfalfa, 

 turnips and corn, alfalfa, turnips and barley, alfalfa, tur- 

 nips, com and flaxseed, were all found to make cheap 

 gains, while alfalfa, turnips and flaxseed made the cheap- 

 est gains that were realized. 



When the roughage is ordinary hay and corn or 

 sorghum fodders, the following may be used among the 

 grain rations that will usually prove satisfactory in fat- 

 tening sheep and lambs: (i) Corn or barley, bran and 

 oilcake in the proportion of say 75, 15 and 10 per cent by 

 weight. (2) Corn, barley, rye or sorghum seed; oats; 

 bran and oilcake in the proportions of 50, 25 15 and 10 

 per cent. (3) Corn, sorghum seed or rye ; barley ; oats ; 

 bran and oilcake in the proportions of 40, 20, 20, 15 and 

 5 per cent. (4) Canada field peas and bran or Canada 

 field peas and oilcake, in the proportions of 90 and 10 per 

 cent in the first instance and 95 and 5 per cent in the 

 second instance. (5) Peas; oats; bran and oilcake in the 

 proportions of 50, 40, 5 and 5 per cent. (6) Oats and oil- 

 cake in the proportions of 90 and 10 per cent respectively. 

 (7) Wheat screenings fed alone or with almost any other 

 kind of grain added. 



The following observations apply to the feeding of 

 grain to sheep and lambs that are being fattened: (i) 

 Gluten meal may be fed in lieu of corn meal or bran and 

 in the same quantities as oilmeal. (2) When bran is fed 

 rather than gluten or oilmeal, about twice the quantity 

 should be fed. (3) When field roots are sufficiently plen- 

 tiful, bran, oilcake and gluten meal may be dispensed 



