230 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK EEEDS AND FEEDING 



Speltz or Emmier grows well in semi-arid regions and it has 

 about the same composition as barley. Alfalfa hay fed with 

 speltz makes a good sheep feed. The Colorado Experiment Sta- 

 tion got better returns by feeding speltz than barley and found 

 it to be as valuable as corn in that section. The South Dakota 

 Experiment Station found barley to be more valuable than 

 speltz and a mixture of barley or corn and speltz to be better 

 than speltz alone. 



Protein Concentrates. — Linseed meal, gluten meal, gluten feed 

 and cotton-seed meal may often be used in rations deficient in 

 protein. When grass hay, stover, etc., are used as roughage 

 a mixture of a protein concentrate with shelled corn gives 

 good results. The proportion of protein concentrate to corn 

 or other carbohydrate concentrate should depend to some ex- 

 tent on the prices of these grains, although too large a propor- 

 tion of protein concentrate should be avoided. 



Protein Roughage. — Clover, alfalfa and cowpea hays are suit- 

 able roughage to supplement corn in completing a sheep ration. 

 These crops can be grown on the farm and the necessary pro- 

 tein for the growth and repair of the animal body may be sup- 

 plied much more cheaply than from protein concentrates. Should 

 the supply of protein roughage be limited it could be used with 

 straw, corn stover or grass hay. Some protein (concentrate 

 would be necessary under such conditions but not so much as if 

 no protein roughage were utilized. 



Cotton-Seed Hulls are fed to sheep in sections near oil mills. 

 This feed makes a good roughage for sheep when the price is 

 low. 



Corn Leaves are eaten by sheep with great relish. They are 

 not so valuable as the leguminous hays. Sheep do not eat the 

 coarser parts of the corn stalk very much even when shredded 

 or ground. 



Corn Silage fed in limited quantities tends to keep sheep in 

 good health and is excellent during the early period of fatten- 

 ing. It would not pay to build a silo just to furnish ensilage to 

 sheep but on dairy farms the available silage may be furnished 

 to lambs in daily amounts of i to 2 lbs. together with about 



