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the same food as soon as they are old enough to eat it. Grain 

 and cake are given until grass is good, but after that time cake 

 alone is fed, the amount varying from one-third to three-fourths 

 of a pound per lamb per day, and from three-fourths of a pound 

 to one and a quarter pounds per ewe per day. The lambs are 

 marketed when from three to four months old, and, if ready, 

 the ewes go at the same time, but generally they require about 

 another four weeks liberal feeding on cake to finish them. 



Fattening Lambs for Market. — Lambs for autumn and winter 

 feeding are usually purchased in the month of September, or, if 

 home-bred, are weaned at that time. They are first given the 

 run of the stubble land for a few weeks, and are gradually 

 taught to eat turnips, and later are folded on the turnip land. In 

 addition they are fed on cut hay and a liberal allowance of 

 grain and cake. When the lambs are on turnips, many success- 

 ful feeders give cotton cake and dried brewers' grains, equal 

 parts by weight, to the extent of from one-half to three-fourths 

 of a pound per day. Should the roots be changed to swedes 

 the grain ration is altered to two parts linseed cake, one part 

 cottonseed cake, and one part dried brewers' grains. Swedes 

 are thought to be more difficult to digest than common turnips, 

 and the addition of linseed cake is supposed to assist digestion. 

 The gram allowance is increased during the finishing period, and 

 may be changed to eliminate the brewers' grains, but cake is 

 practically always used as a part of the ration. Some farmers 

 do not put their lambs on the turnip land so soon, but first graze 

 them for two or three months. 



An interesting feature of the Chicago Live Stock Exhibition 



was the competitive judging of live stock by students of the 



Agricultural Colleges. Two prizes were 



Y?^^? given by the exhibition authorities, and 



Live Stock Shows f , r r 



to Students. batches of five students each from seven 



Colleges, took part in the competition. 



After arranging the animals in order of merit, the boys were 



required to appear singly before the judges, and give their 



reasons for the order in which they had placed the animals. 



The trophy for horse-judging, previously held by the students 



