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. 
W heat. 
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. 
Emmer. 
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. 
