Feeding Farm Sheep 2138 
Peas. 
Cracked peas or pea meal are highly nitrogenous, 
and because of this are rarely fed alone, but rather in 
conjunction with other feeds. There is no feed quite 
equal to peas to put on the extra finish required for show 
sheep. They give firmness and character to the flesh 
that no other feed will do. Peas are usually rather expen- 
sive and for that reason do not enter into the usual farm 
rations. 
Cotton-Seed Products. 
Cotton-seed cake and cotton-seed meal are used as 
supplementary feeds. They are not usually fed alone 
but mixed with the grain at the rate of about 10 per cent 
of the meal or cake. Jed in this manner they are very 
good in rations that would otherwise be low in protein. 
Linseed Products. 
These feeds, like cotton-seed meal and cotton-seed cakes, 
are very high in protein matter and they are of course fed 
in the same manner. They are usually preferred to the 
cotton-seed products. In the feeding of any of these 
nitrogenous feeds, the pea-sized cake is best. The meal 
is rather fine and has a tendency toward gumming or 
forming an undesirable paste in the sheep’s mouth. 
Bran. 
Bran is a superior concentrate for sheep when fed in 
connection with various grains, and can usually be sub- 
stituted advantageously for one-fourth to one-half of the 
grain ration. It is especially good for breeding stock 
and growing animals. There is no other concentrate 
better than bran for ewes about to lamb or that have just 
lambed. Being of a laxative nature, it has a tendency 
