464 Suggestions for Stock-feeding in the Winter of 1893-94. 
cake, instead of linseed, at tke present price of hi. 5s. per ton. 
To tke 100 lb. of cake and meal I would add, say, 8 bushels of 
chaff, to be given night and morning. Such rations, with a 
fairly good supply of roots, will winter the tegs well. If very 
wet weather or very severe frost set in, an increase of dry food 
must be given. 
The theaves, or two-teeth ewes, are generally put on roots 
about November. They will do with a few less roots than the 
tegs have, clearing up behind the lambs as well. They will 
receive, for one hundred, 50 lb. cake and meal, to be mixed with, 
say, 1 quarter bag of chaff morning and night, the com to be 
increased according to the weather and the supply of roots. 
The old ewes generally run the old leys and scour out stub- 
bles, &c., until nearly Christmas, when they come in and lay 
behind the ewe tegs or fatting sheep, receiving a few fresh roots 
and a little hay, as a rule. This time it will be the general chaff 
with an addition of cake and meal, as required. 
The greatest difficulty will be at lambing time, if no hay 
at all is to be had, as too much chaff always seems to tuck the 
ewes up, and it is more trouble to the shepherd. Consequently, 
if there is a load or two of hay on the farm, I expect it will find 
its way to the lambing pen. 
It is customary to give the doubles some corn, but I think 
every ewe after lambing will be obliged to have something in 
the shape of corn or cake. I do not believe there is a better 
feed — as compared with hay at the present price — than dried 
grains, at anything under hi. per ton ; all my lambs are now 
eating them. Giving the ewes corn quickly teaches the lambs to 
eat, and, the sooner they get a little kelp, the sooner they become 
strong enough to stand against the many ailments sheep are 
liable to suffer from, especially at weaning, — the most critical 
period for lambs, — though if they have learnt to eat corn and 
cake, the process is much easier and safer. 
The many lamb foods that are now supplied are most useful 
for young lambs, though the lai-ge farmer can buy his ingredients 
and mix his own, and thus save from 10s. to 20s. per ton. Whilst, 
however, many are thinking about it, they are very likely losing 
a lot of lambs, though from what cause they do not know, but it 
is often due to drinking too much water, and to the want of a 
little stimulant in the shape of corn or cake. The mortality 
was very great in my neighbourhood this season, when a few 
tons of lamb food or dried grains would, I feel sure, have saved 
hundreds. 
Our system of fatting out the lambs, at from eight to ten 
months, on roots through the winter, does not necessitate the 
