THE RURAL NEW-YORKER. 
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FEEDING ROOTS TO EWES. 
Is there any danger in feeding mangel 
beets to sheep near lambing time? If so, 
why? B * c * 
Northeast Harbor, Me. 
I have never had any but the best re¬ 
sults in feeding roots of any kind to sheep, 
either before or after lambing. The only 
possible danger would be from feeding 
so many that the ewe had too much milk. 
The English sheep have been made what 
they are, largely by the use of roots, and 
they are allowed to run at will where the 
roots grow. I never but once heard of 
any trouble, when it was stated that the 
root was cold, and laid close to the lamb 
in the sheep’s interior, and chilled it. 
I believed then, as I believe now, that such 
a statement was nonsense. After lambing 
the roots may be most liberally fed, for 
they make a milk of a character on which 
the lamb will thrive better than on that 
made from too heavy grain feeding. 
E. VAN ALSTYNE. 
FEEDING SULPHUR TO LAMBS . 
On page 1 Mr. Van Alstyne tells us how 
to feed lambs. Would the amount of sulphur 
advised be injurious to sheep if fed continu¬ 
ally? What effect does he wish by using so 
much? Is not five pounds gain per week 
extra heavy? Lamb feeders in this country 
think if lambs gain two pounds per week 
they are doing first-class. f. g. r. 
Angola, Ind. 
My advice as to feeding sulphur to 
fattening lambs and the amount of gain 
per week evidently has been received with 
some misgiving, both by the questioner 
and our friend Jamison as well, as he 
comments on the same on page 66. I ap¬ 
preciate the criticisms, for it shows how 
keenly practical men are studying what a 
man says, and how careful one needs to 
be to hew close to the line, and also 
make his position clear. I have always 
tried not to overstate, and did not in the 
cases referred to. First, as to sulphur, 
my idea in feeding lambs is to push them 
as fast as possible on concentrated feed 
With such feeding there is more danger 
of indigestion and too thick blood than 
when the food is of a more bulky nature. 
I give the sulphur for the same reason 
that people used to give the treacle to the 
children in the Spring; to purify their 
blood and keep their bowels in proper 
condition. When the lambs have all the 
salt they need, they will only eat a small 
quantity from time to time. I have known 
trouble to arise with different animals from 
too much salt, if it had been withheld 
from them, and then they were given an 
unlimited amount. The same would be 
true of the sulphur, if it was put with 
the salt, when they were unduly hungry 
for the latter. They do not care for the 
sulphur alone. Mixed with the salt as I 
suggested, and this kept where they can 
run to it at will, they will take what salt 
they need, and the sulphur with it, which 
is a benefit, and I have never seen any¬ 
thing but good come from it. 
As to the gain, it is not too large an 
amount per week for growthy lambs, care¬ 
fully fed and cared for as I suggested. 
I have got it more than once from a se¬ 
lected pen. On the other hand, with a 
mixed lot, such as we are too often com¬ 
pelled to feed, I cannot get that gain. Mr. 
Jamison is working from a different stand¬ 
point, as are also most of the western 
feeders; whose idea is to use up a large 
amount of bulky feed, often Alfalfa, and 
a limited amount of grain with it. In 
such cases 2 l / 2 pounds per week is a 
good gain. As I said in my reply to the 
question in The R. N.-Y., page 1, I do not 
consider cornstalks a very profitable feed 
for fattening lambs. Here in the East, 
we can feed such bulky foods' to cattle 
with greater profit than to lambs. Our 
corn is not so cheap that we can afford to 
feed it unshelled on the ground. When we 
feed lambs our idea is to use our clover 
hay and corn, supplemented by such nitro¬ 
genous food as they need to balance the 
corn, and that will give the greatest 
amount of gain in the shortest possible 
time. I have found it more profitable to 
turn a lot quickly and then put in an¬ 
other bunch thinner in flesh. Our aim is 
to get a high grade of manure. Most of us 
do not have Alfalfa hay. We hope to in 
a few years; then we shall perhaps be sat¬ 
isfied with less gain per week, and great¬ 
er net profit. We are simply like two 
people looking at a sign; one from his 
side sees: “Ivory Soap.” The other look¬ 
ing from the opposite direction reads: “It 
floats.” Well, they are both right. 
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