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nal success. Mr. A. 0. Fox, one of the most 

 extensive owners of Shropshire sheep in Amer- 

 ica, writing of feeding shredded fodder, says in 

 a recent letter:* 



" When I first put the ewes into winter quarters upon the 

 dry fodder I feared they would not relish it, but I soon found 

 they took to it even more kindly than to good hay. They ate 

 it ravenously and would fill themselves to perfect satisfaction 

 and lie down in contentment to sleep. . I am now thoroughly 

 convinced that they have done better upon the corn-fodder 

 ration than they would have done upon good, bright mixed 

 clover and timothy hay. The corn-fodder did not have the 

 slightest constipating effect. .1 have fed the lightest grain 

 rations this> winter that I ever gave my ewes and they are in 

 fine bloom: Their fleeces are much cleaner than it they had 

 been fed hay, and as for lambing, we are now well into the 

 most successful lambing season we ever experienced; 98 ewes 

 have to-day 158 lambs, which you will see is 160 per cent. 

 Every lamb is strong and hearty from birth. The ewes are 

 experiencing no trouble with their udders, and in fact I do 

 not see any objection to confining them exclusively to corn- 

 fodder instead of hay." 



At the Wisconsin station corn silage has 

 been fed wether lambs and suckling ewes with 

 most satisfactory results. In the 1893 report 

 of the station Prof. Craig says, where fed 

 wethers, "the corn silage, considering its 

 action as a food and the fact that it can be 

 preserved cheaper and better than the clover 

 silage, was the most satisfactory." Further, 

 in referring to this food for breeding ewes, he 

 says: "Of the succulent fodders, the best re- 



* Breeder'' s Gazette, March 13, 1895. 



