248 FARM ANIMALS 
Compared with steers, sheep have slightly the better of it. Nearly 
50 years ago Lawes and Gilbert determined that, covering a whole 
fattening period, a steer, to produce 100 pounds of increase, re- 
quired 3,500 pounds of swedes, 600 pounds of clover hay and 250 
pounds of oil meal. To produce the same increase these investi- 
gators found that sheep required-4,000 pounds of swedes, 300 
pounds of clover hay and 250 poynds.of oil meal. The advantage 
as between steers and sheep was slightly with the latter. 
3. Choosing the feed.—While there is wide choice as to 
the variety of food, those foods which furnish abundant 
flesh should be chosen for the growing classes, and those 
Poor Way TO FEED SHEEP 
On many farms corn is fed to sheep on the ear and 
stalk, This is a disappearing custom. Food is wasted, 
because sheep will not eat what has once been run over. 
rich in starch and oil selected for fattening. If the protein 
supply is not sufficient, the body will not be properly sup- 
ported, the wool growth will be checked, and the readiest, 
digestion of the carbohydrates and fats will not be se- 
cured. This last point must always be kept in mind in 
feeding any class of live stock. Much may be gained 
by varying or mixing the food so as to stimulate the ap- 
petite. A healthy sheep will increase in weight in pro- 
portion to the food consumed only as long as digestion 
and assimilation are of a high order. If a sheep can be 
