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THE RURAL NEW'YORKEH 
February 5, 
HOW TO FEED SHEEP. 
Whitt is the befit ration for ewes that 
will drop lambs in March? I have corn, 
and for roughage, corn fodder and mixed 
hay. I wish to know what is best to inix 
with corn. Local stores only keep cracked 
corn, so I must have feed ordered. Would 
you feed pa me ration after lambing as be¬ 
fore? Sheep are now getting sheaf oats 
and turnips, and seem to be doing well. 
Comment is requested. T. T. H. 
Spring Dale, W. Va. 
I seldom feed exactly alike two years 
in succession, or two months in succes* 
sion. If my ewes are thin I feed them 
a ration that I think will help them. If 
they are in about the right flesh I aim 
to feed a maintenance ration only. If 
real fat, and meant to he retained for 
breeding purposes I feed a ration that I 
think will reduce them. Again, I vary 
all these feeds according to prices of 
feeding stuffs, to quality and quantity 
of the rough feeds which I have. On 
this account it is difficult for me to say 
just how or what any other man should 
feed, as it is for some of the best of our 
cooks to tell how they prepare their 
dishes. 
As a general proposition I do not be¬ 
lieve in feeding corn to breeding ewes, 
at any period. A possible exception 
could be made, in feeding just a little 
when they were very thin, and not giving 
a large (low of milk. When they arc 
giving a lot of milk corn, with us, seems 
very likely to produce garget. Oats are 
always good feed, and so are wheat 
screenings. I am just congratulating 
myself over the purchase of 100 bushels 
good quality wheat screenings at a trillc 
under 50 cents per bushel, a low price, 
considering the price of other grains 
here. No grain, excepting the Soy bean, 
is any better for breeding ewes than 
wheat, and I feed it as often as I can 
buy it at right prices. It is perfectly 
safe, and it is a flesh former, or milk 
producer, instead of fat former, as corn 
is. Oats arc about as good, and at the 
same price, or relative price, I would 
just as soon have them. The trouble the 
past few years has been that they were 
relatively high. I feed barley, damaged 
grain, or screenings a good deal, and, 
while they are not quite as good, in my 
estimation, as the wheat, they are about 
next to it. 
As already stated, T do not go on bal¬ 
anced rations, not that I do not believe 
them to be all right, but that I think that 
in feeding sheep one can vary his feeds 
according to the needs of individuals, 
or according to price of feeds, and ac¬ 
complish the desired result. However, 
in every lot of feed which I mix up I 
do bear carefully in mind the contents 
of the various grains, and while I will, 
if possible, make the bulk of the ration 
from a cheap grain, wheat, oats, or bar¬ 
ley, whichever is cheapest, I always put 
enough cither of linseed oil meal, or 
Soy beans, with them to make what I 
consider to be the proper nutritive ratio. 
The Soy beans arc much the better of 
the two, as they are richer than the oil 
meal, more digestible, and more palata¬ 
ble. The table below will show the rela¬ 
tive value of the grains which I usually 
feed. 
Carboliy- 
\v 
nter. 1’ 
rotoln. 
Fnl. 
drat os. 
Fiber. 
Oats . 
1 1.0 
11.8 
5.0 
59.7 
9.5 
Wheal 
in. a 
11.9 
2.1 
71.9 
1.8 
Bariev 
10.9 
12.-1 
1.8 
09.S 
2.7 
Sov l)f‘i 
11 ns. .. 
777 
85.4 
20.3 
20.1 
4.0 
When t 
bran. 
11.9 
15.4 
4.0 
53.9 
9.0 
1,1 n so i 
•d oil 
meal, 
old 
procc 
ISS .. 
9.2 
32.9 
7.9 
35.4 
8.9 
You 
will 
note by the 
tabl 
e that, 
were 
it not for the relatively large amount of 
fiber the oats would be better than 
wheat. We cannot ignore this fiber, 
though, and so wheat must take first 
rank, and in my own experience with 
sheep I think that it should do so. Note 
the fine analysis of the Soy beans, their 
low carbohydrates, high protein, and fat. 
Before lambing I like to have my ewes 
in good condition, but not fat. If they 
are in this condition I feed to keep them 
so. Tf they are thin I try to get them to 
feeling and looking real good before the 
lambs come. As soon as the lambs come 
I feed them liberally, and continue to do 
so till after the lambs have been weaned, 
and the ewe has regained her normal 
flesh. 
If I were T. T. If. I would keep the 
turnips until after the ewes had lambed, 
and then feed them liberally. Nothing 
that he could get would help them more, 
in inducing, and keeping a good flow of 
milk. Mixed hay and corn fodder are 
too largely carbonaceous, of themselves, 
and lie should have some bran, or oil 
meal, especially after the lambs come. 
If he can get wheat screenings at any¬ 
thing like the prices named above, by all 
means get some of them. 1 le is not likely 
to find Soy beans for sale, especially at 
feed prices. We usually feed the cracked 
ones that are not fit to sow, and we cer¬ 
tainly have none of the cracked beans 
for sale. The sheaf oats are all right. 
Feed enough of them to keep the ewes 
in good condition before lambing, and 
if he has some left, feed them liberally 
after lambing. Get some linseed oil 
meal. The pea size is a little more ex¬ 
pensive, but is much cheaper in the end, 
as it is better relished, and there is no 
waste in feeding it. A good feed after 
lambing would be one part oil meal to 
five of good quality wheat screenings. 
Wheat bran is good, but with us is pro¬ 
hibitive in price, costing over $20 per 
ton. Straight clover or Alfalfa hay 
would be .better than the mixed hay that 
he is feeding, but presumably this is the 
best that he has. ciias. b. wing. 
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