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Practical Sheep Husbandry 



thoroughly versed in sheep feeding, to keep before his sheep or lambs 

 at all times all the good, dry roughage they will consume. Then by 

 careful observation the feeder can learn the amount of succulent feeds 

 they will eat, as well as the grain ration required. Of course, during 

 the period of working sheep on full feed, one must be careful not to feed 

 too much grain ; but if plenty of good, dry roughage is kept before them, 

 they will do their own rationing to a big extent. 



Roughages Compared 



The following table taken from "Feeds and Feeding," by Henry, 

 gives the digestive nutrients in various roughages for sheep. 



Total dry 



material in Crude Carbohyd- Nutritive 



Dry Roughages 100 lbs., lbs. protein, lbs. rates, lbs. Fat, lbs. Total, lbs. rate 1, lbs. 



Clover red, all analysis. .. .87.1 7.6 39.3 1.8 50.9 5.0 



Clover alsike all analysis. .87.7 7.9 36.9 1.1 47.3 6.4 



Clover Monmouth red.... 81. 3 6.4 37.2 1.8 47.6 3.9 



Alfalfa, all analysis 91.4 10.6 39.0 0.9 51.6 3.6 



Soy bean hay 91.4 11.7 39.2 1.2 53.6 3.0 



Cow-pea in bloom, early 



pod 89.4 12.6 34.6 1.3 50.1 22.7 



Corn stover, corn removed, 



dry 90.6 2.2 47.8 1.0 52.2 21.0 



Corn stover, medium in 



water 81.0 2.1 42.4 0.7 46.1 23.2 



Corn stover, light in water. 59.0 1.4 31.1 0.6 33.9 27.1 



Kafir stover, dry 83.7 1.7 43.1 1.3 47.7 10.6 



Red top, all analysis 90.2 4.6 45.9 1.2 53.2 15.2 



Succulent Feeds Compared 



Beet pulp, wet 9.3 0.5 6.5 0.2 7.4 13.8 



Beet, common 13.0 0.9 9.1 0.1 10.2 10.3 



Mangel 9.4 0.8 6.4 0.1 7.4 8.2 



Futabago 10.9 1.0 7.7 0.3 9.4 8.4 



Corn well matured, recent 



analysis 26.3 1.1 15.0 0.7 17.7 15.1 



Sorgum 22.8 0.6 11.6 0.5 13.3 21.2 



Pea canning refuse 23.2 1.6 11.6 0.8 15.0 8.4 



Henry reports test made at the Michigan station on six (6) lots 



of ten (10) Iambs each of a 75 pound average over a period of 98 days 

 to test the value of various roughage. 



Each lamb received 1.4 lb. shelled com and 1.2 lb. rutabagoes to- 

 gether with dry fodder as shown below : 



Daily allow- 4. v. daily Av. total Feed Given for 100-lb. Gain 



ance of dry Corn, Dry Fodder, Roots, 



Lot roughage, lbs. gain, lbs. gain, lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. 



1 Clover hay 1.2 0.33 32.4 423 362 365 



2 Alfalfa hay 1.3 0.35 34.4 395 373 340 



3 Millet hay 1.0 0.26 25.8 523 372 453 



4 Corn stover 1.4 0.31 30.2 451 462 387 



5 Oat straw 1.4 0.29 28.5 478 489 411 



6 Bean hay 1.5 0.30 29.6 463 488 395 



