. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . for the distribution ofgrain. This is continued until all are fed. Thenext meal time, feeding begins on the other end ofthe row, and each lot is moved in the direction op-posite that of the previous feeding. Water troughs are placed along the side nextthe main driveway. Some feeders prefer handpumps to windmills, because water may be pumpedas needed, whereas if it stands in the troughs itsometimes becomes ice cold and sheep do notalways drink as much as they should. Then, too,it may be pumped during the middle of the daywhen the attendants ar
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . for the distribution ofgrain. This is continued until all are fed. Thenext meal time, feeding begins on the other end ofthe row, and each lot is moved in the direction op-posite that of the previous feeding. Water troughs are placed along the side nextthe main driveway. Some feeders prefer handpumps to windmills, because water may be pumpedas needed, whereas if it stands in the troughs itsometimes becomes ice cold and sheep do notalways drink as much as they should. Then, too,it may be pumped during the middle of the daywhen the attendants are not busy feeding. Saltplaced in troughs, which are never allowed to be-come empty, is the method by which this mineralis usually furnished. With a feeding plant suchas has been described, four men can care for 10,000head of sheep. If the markers are favorable, smallfortunes are sometimes made in one year by oper-ating such an extensive plant; on the other hand,if there comes a slump in prices, the loss may beheavy. 242 PROFITABLE STOCK FATTENING RANGE LAMBS, 243 Barley for Lambs.—This grain is commonlygrown in sections not well adapted for corn grow-ing, where it takes the place of corn in the grainration. Like corn, it is a starchy food, but con-tains a somewhat higher per cent of protein, morecrude fiber and less fat. From its composition itwodd seem reasonable to think that the hullessvarieties of barley would be quite as good as cornpound for pound. Common barley contains con-siderable crude fiber because of the hull, and forthat reason is not quite as valuable as corn for feed-ing purposes. Experiment station tests indicatethat about 5 per cent more barley than corn is re-quired for one pound of gain, which means byweight, and not by the bushel. Were barley worth40 cents per bushel, corn would be worth about 60cents per bushel. Barley should be fed ungroundto sheep, and supplemented by other foods, as hasbeen described for corn. Emmer, commonly called speltz
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