HAY FOR SHEEP FEEDING. 401 
amounts. There is no danger of their eating too 
much, as there is with mature horses. When sheep 
reject coarse stems they may be fed to horses get- 
ting grain with good results. 
Maintaining Fertility—Hardly any other sort of 
farming is so good for land as alfalfa farming, with 
sheep to consume the hay. Sheep make good ma- 
nure. It is easily saved and applied. Wherever it 
is used bounteous crops are assured. In the eastern 
states where sheep are fed mostly under cover, the 
manure is especially valuable. It is said that ‘‘one 
ean not eat his cake and have it too.’’ This is not 
true of an alfalfa farm when the hay is fed to sheep 
or lambs and the manure put back. One has his 
fertility left after enjoying the profits of sheep 
feeding. 
