HOW TO FEED THE LAMBS 



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the lambs would choose to play and sleep. If there is a somewhat 

 sunny place, that is the best spot for the creep. 



In construction the creep is very simple.' The only point to be 

 taken into consideration is that there are to be openings through 

 which the lambs but not the ewes may pass. Inside the creep there 

 should be troughs for grain and racks for hay. A flat-bottomed 

 trough, nine inches wide, three or four inches deep, with a six-inch 



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Fig. 180. — A partition in a box rack making it possible to feed little lambs grain in one 

 side and hay in the other. 



board supported eight inches above to keep the lambs from placing 

 their feet in the trough proper, is a suitable type. Any device for 

 the hay which will keep the lambs from wasting or befouling it is 

 satisfactory. Combination grain and hay racks may be used, but in 

 most cases it is better to feed grain and hay separately, because in 

 the combination rack the hay becomes mixed with the grain and this 

 seems to make the feeds less palatable (Fig. 180). 



How to Feed the Lambs. — Cleanliness should be the motto of 

 any sheep feeder, but special emphasis should be placed on this 



''For details see chapter on buildings and equipment. 

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