i68 Rations for Farm Stock. 



ib. 



3. — 80 Mangolds 



6 Hay 



6 Oats 



5 Bran . 



2 Decorticated Cotton 

 Cake 







Carbo- 



Albds. 



Fat. 



hydrates. 



= -88 



•08 



8'oo 



= *32 



■06 



2*44 



= "4* 



■25 



2-68 



= *53 



•12 



2'22 



= 74 



•20 



'37 





•71 x 



2*4 = I* 0 



2*95 





17-41 



When the ewes and lambs are put on a good spring pasture 

 they no longer require trough feeding ; but should they be 

 inclined to scour it would be well to continue oats for a 

 while. As the ewe's milk diminishes the lambs should be 

 kept progressing after July with about a pound of linseed cake 

 or cracked peas to every seven lambs per day. When ewes or 

 lambs are placed on clover aftermath they fatten without 

 auxiliary food. 



Hoggets (tegs) are extensively fattened during the winter on 

 turnips or swedes, and experience has shown that the fattening 

 is done much more economically, and with far fewer losses by 

 'death when dry foods are given with the roots, and the roots 

 cut and measured out to the sheep. Of course, when about 

 nine months old hoggets lose their front teeth and cannot break 

 whole swedes, and at that time roots must be cut. 



During the past five winters the writer has carried out feeding 

 experiments with sheep on turnips, and on the average, the 

 following ration per sheep per week has proved the best, judged 

 by the dressed weight and quality of the sheep when 

 killed 



lb. 



120 Swedes 

 4 Hay 

 2 Oats 



2 Linseed Cake 







Carbo- 



Albds. 



Fat. 



hydrates. 



i- 5 6 



•12 



1272 



•22 



•04 



i-6 3 



•16 



•09 



•89 



•49 



•19 



•60 





•44 x 2-4 



= ro6 



2*43 





16*90 



Ratio 1 to 6*9. 



The average weight of these hoggets (7 to 8 months old) at 

 starting has been 97 lb., and during 10 weeks they have 



