. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP 327 western ranges, where but little attention can be given the individual ewes. Accordingly, with the farm flock it is advisable to "flush" the ewes for 2 or 3 weeks before they are bred; , to supply an abun- dance of palatable, nutritious feed, such as rape, cabbage, good clover pasture, or grain. This is especially needed if the ewes have run down in fl
. Feeds and feeding abridged : the essentials of the feeding, care, and management of farm animals, including poultry : adapted and condensed from Feeds and feeding (16th ed.). Feeds; Animal nutrition. FEEDING AND CARE OF SHEEP 327 western ranges, where but little attention can be given the individual ewes. Accordingly, with the farm flock it is advisable to "flush" the ewes for 2 or 3 weeks before they are bred; , to supply an abun- dance of palatable, nutritious feed, such as rape, cabbage, good clover pasture, or grain. This is especially needed if the ewes have run down in flesh during summer thru suckling their lambs. Breeding ewes which are in good condition in the fall need little or no grain in winter until about a month before lambing, if given all the bright legume hay they will eat with an allowance of silage or roots in addition. At that time, or sooner if they are not in thrifty, vigorous condition, they should be given a limited amount of concen- trates, up to per head daily, with good roughage. When legume. Fig. 90.—Exercise Is Essential foe the Ewe Flock In winter the ewes may be forced to exercise by scattering roughage over a nearby field. (From Kleinheinz, Wisconsin Station.) hay is fed, a considerable part of the concentrates may be corn, bar- ley, oats, kafir, and other carbonaceous grains. Mixed with these should be such feeds as wheat bran, linseed meal, and dried brewers' grains. The best roughages for ewes are the legume hays—clover, alfalfa, cowpeas, and vetch—all of which are palatable and rich in protein, and help ward off constipation, a serious danger to the ewe. Other roughages which are useful to feed with legume hay are bright corn fodder or corn stover,' oat hay, prairie hay, and oat straw. Timothy hay is too constipating for ewes. Two to 3 lbs. of corn silage or chopped roots per head daily aids greatly in keeping the ewes thrifty. Too much succulent feed may produce weak, flabby lambs. One-half pound of gra
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