HAY FOR SHEEP FEEDING. 397 
Carbo- 
Protein. hydrates. Fat. 
Alfalfa hay, cut ten per cent in bloom................ 13.24 39.26 0.89 
Alfalfa hay, cut half in bloom..............eeeee eee eee 11.90 40.26 0.39 
Alfalfa hay, cut in full bloom... , 10.43 43.17 0.69 
Red clover hay..............0005 6.58 85.35 1.66 
Timothy hay... : 2.89 43.72 1.43 
Prairie hay...... : 0.61 46.90 1.97 
Corn fodder..... ‘ 1.98 33. 0.57 
KRahir<corn [0dr siisscawsineris stirs naisiclos sieve 99 vielen 3.22 48.72 1.15 
WHERE DAI siccinins salen ais eeeiciuineindeier do.c55 veer PeauieN a 12.01 41.23 2.87 
Study of this table shows plainly why it is that 
ewes well fed with alfalfa hay are well nourished. 
Ewes eating alfalfa hay during pregnancy have ud- 
ders well filled with milk when the lambs are born. 
This makes the shepherd’s cares light at that anx- 
ious time. Ewes suckling their lambs will milk well 
on alfalfa hay with a trifle of grain in addition. 
Lambs born in winter will, with bright alfalfa hay 
and a ration of cracked corn, develop rapidly and 
make prime lambs for the fancy ‘‘hot house’’ trade. 
Lamb Feeding at Woodland—The writer was 
perhaps the first man east of Colorado to begin fat- 
tening lambs with alfalfa as the hay ration. His 
earlier practice was to feed timothy hay, shredded- 
corn stover, oat straw and clover hay. To balance 
these fodders, deficient in protein, he bought wheat 
bran and oilmeal. The result was satisfactory, ex- 
cept that the cost of making baby mutton was ex- 
cessive. These lambs were fed from November un- 
til April, being bought from western ranges or from 
farms. About the average cost during the early 
90’s was $6.25 per hundred pounds for the gain put 
on. Concentrates rich in protein grew steadily 
dearer and lambs cheaper, so that it seemed that 
