. Sheep farming in America . Sheep and sheep breeding. SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT. 83 call "fat," but not aecoTding to the butclier's standard. They must have abundant oppor- tunity to exercise and to get fresh air. Tlius treated tlieir lambs shoulc| come as strong as wild thi]igs and give little trouble. It is the natural thing for a lamb to be born strong, to live at birth, since all its ancestors have. BLACK-FACED RAMS. done the like since lambs were born into the world. There is danger in well bred ewes highly fed upon such foods as wheat bran and clover or alfalfa hay that the lam
. Sheep farming in America . Sheep and sheep breeding. SELECTION AND MANAGEMENT. 83 call "fat," but not aecoTding to the butclier's standard. They must have abundant oppor- tunity to exercise and to get fresh air. Tlius treated tlieir lambs shoulc| come as strong as wild thi]igs and give little trouble. It is the natural thing for a lamb to be born strong, to live at birth, since all its ancestors have. BLACK-FACED RAMS. done the like since lambs were born into the world. There is danger in well bred ewes highly fed upon such foods as wheat bran and clover or alfalfa hay that the lambs may have excessive bony development, and it is not now the prac- tice of the writer to feed much bi-an before weaning, but to give instead Vtriglit, sweet corn stover and alfalfa hay. Too much alfalfa hay even will sometimes make the lambs rather large at birth. If the coarse forage is not abundant and of excellent quality, the shep-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wing, Joseph E. (Joseph Elwyn), 1861-1915. Chicago : Sanders Publishing Co.
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