386 FACTORS AFFECTING GAIN IN FATTENING 



QUESTIONS 



1. What eflfeet has age on the rate of growth in sheep ? Upon the utiliza- 



tion of feed? 



2. What factors influence the efficiency of a ration ior fattening sheep 



and lambs ? 



3. Would you attempt to fatten sheep solely on silage and dry roughage? 



4. Would you attempt to fatten sheep solely on grain? 



5. Of what advantage are self-feeders in fattening sheep? In what par- 



ticulars is hand-feeding more advantageous? 



6. When would it pay to shear fattening sheep and lambs just before 



marketing ? 



7. How much gain should a fattening lamb make in 90 days ? 



8. How much corn and alfalfa hay will it require to feed a fattening lamb 



for 00 days? 



9. How much corn, corn silage, and clover hay will it require to feed a 



fattening lamb for 90 days? 



10. Construct a fattening ration for sheep from clover hay, oat straw, 



corn, and linseed oil meal. 



11. What is the distinguishing difference between a legume and a carbon- 



aceous roughage? 



