252 ELEMENTARY TREATISE ON STOCK FEEDS AND FEEDING 



the fall. If kept for winter or spring markets the}' may be fed 

 grain for marketing at that time. When grain is fed to lambs 

 a separate feeding trough not accessible to the mothers should 

 be in every pen or pasture to provide the grain. No feed should 

 be left over from time to time. 



Fig. 22. — Mutton type. 



The Wisconsin Experiment Station found that one pound of 

 ewe's milk produced 0.15 lb. gain; a daily gain of 0.4 to 0.6 of 

 a pound per lamb was made ; lambs before weaning required 

 4 lbs. of grain for a gain of i lb. The Maine Experiment Sta- 

 tion found that 5J4 lbs. of grain produced i lb. gain. 



