174 THE BOOK OF ALFALFA 



Collins sheep" has extended to all of northern Colorado, 

 just as the ''Greeley potato*' is the term given to all 

 potatoes grown in the northern part of the state. 



In recent years many thousands of old ewes have been 

 fed at the various sugar factories upon beet pulp, 

 alfalfa hay and corn. The old ewes thrive much 

 better upon the beet pulp than the lambs or younger 

 sheep. It produces a very desirable sappiness of flesh, 

 and when these sheep have been on this feed with alfalfa 

 hay for two or three months and are then finished with 

 corn, they bring the highest price on the market. 



