CHAPTBE XXVI 

 FEEDING SHEEP AND GOATS 



Feeding Standards for Sheep. — The three following tables give 

 the established feeding standards for sheep of different types and 



The Wolff-Lehmann Standards for Sheep, per 1000 Pounds Live Weight Daily 



1. Growing sheep : 

 Wool breeds . 



Mutton breeds . 



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Age, 

 months 



4-6 



6-8 



8-11 



11-15 



15-20 



4-6 



6-8 



8-11 



11-15 



15-20 



Live 



weight, 

 pounds 



60 

 75 

 85 

 90 

 100 



65 



85 



100 



120 



150 



2. Sheep, coarse wool 



Sheep, fine wool 



3. Ewes, suckling lambs , 



4. Fattening sheep, first period . . . 

 Fattening sheep, second period 



N. R. 



1:5.0 

 1:5.4 

 1:6.0 

 1:7.0 

 1:7.7 



1:4.0 

 1:4.8 

 1:5.2 

 1:6.3 

 1:6.5 



1:9.1 

 1:8.5 

 1:5.6 

 1:5.4 

 1:4.5 



* Given separately by Wolff-Lehmann. t Doubtless too high, making N. R. too narrow. 

 the Armsby Standards for Sheep, Maintenance Requirements, per Bay and Head 



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