212 Western Live-stock Management 



Barley. 



Barley is one of the very best grains that we have. In 

 the West and the Northwest, it has gained its widest 

 popularity in the feeding of sheep, and the results from its 

 use have been quite as favorable as that from corn. It, 

 like corn, is a carbonaceous feed, and because of this it 

 should not be fed in too liberal a quantity to breeding 

 stock. 



Oats. 



Oats should, and usually do, form the basis of grain 

 mixtures for feeding farm sheep. They are highly nutri- 

 tious and perfectly safe, and are usually grown on all sheep 

 farms. As a single grain feed for sheep, oats meet prac- 

 tically every requirement. There is no better feed for 

 toning up breeding stock or for feeding show sheep. For 

 fattening purposes, oats alone may be used, but to get 

 best results, they should be mixed with carbonaceous feeds 

 such as corn and barley. 



Wheat. 



Because of the prevailing high prices that are paid for 

 wheat, it is not extensively used as a sheep feed, although 

 damaged wheat and wheat screenings are fed through- 

 out the western states. In some feed-lots, wheat mixed 

 with barley is used for fattening purposes. Sheep prefer 

 the wheat whole rather than ground. 



Einmer. 



Emmer, or speltz as it is commonly known, is a rather 

 inferior grain for feeding sheep, and in most of the feeding 

 trials in this country has ranked very near the bottom. 

 It is used only where it can be grown cheaper than other 

 grains. 



