. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . nfusion of the blood of the mutton f .M M M ~ w-- 1 H 1 ^^1 ^^H Shropshire Ram and Uange-bred Shropshire-Merino Ewes. breeds, such as Shropshire and Hampshire, are mostsatisfactory. Under favorable conditions, from a hun-dred to a hundred and fifty lambs can be had from onehundred such ewes, and a fleece of from eight to tenpounds from each of such a flock is not unusual. Asfast as old ewes are culled out, young ones may bepurchased to replace them, or ewe lambs may be re-tained. It is not advisable to breed young ewes untilthey are past one
. Profitable stock feeding; a book for the farmer . nfusion of the blood of the mutton f .M M M ~ w-- 1 H 1 ^^1 ^^H Shropshire Ram and Uange-bred Shropshire-Merino Ewes. breeds, such as Shropshire and Hampshire, are mostsatisfactory. Under favorable conditions, from a hun-dred to a hundred and fifty lambs can be had from onehundred such ewes, and a fleece of from eight to tenpounds from each of such a flock is not unusual. Asfast as old ewes are culled out, young ones may bepurchased to replace them, or ewe lambs may be re-tained. It is not advisable to breed young ewes untilthey are past one year of age, because too early 202 PROFITABLE STOCK FEEDING. motherhood has a tendency to prevent the full de-velopment of the animal. The period of gestation with a sheep is fivemonths, or, to be more accurate, an average of 152days. The best time for breeding will depend uponhousing facilities during the lambing season and uponlocal market conditions. Winter or Hothouse Lambs.—In some of ourEastern states there has recently developed the busi-. Photo by Mutton in February. A. J. French,Wakeman, Ohio. ness of raising so-called hothouse lambs for the grat-ification of the more wealthy classes. Ewes are bredto produce lambs early in December, which lambs arerapidly fattened and made to weigh 40 or 50 poundseach, at the age of three months, when they are ewe which will give a liberal flow of milk is mostdesirable. For this reason the Dorset Horn orcrossbred Dorset-Merino ewes are in favor. Theyare heavy milkers and are also more likely to breed atthe proper season for producing such lambs. The FARMER S BREEDING FLOCK. 2O3 Hampshire is also recognized as a breed suitalde forthe production of such early lambs, though the Hamp-shire lamb ripens later and attains to heavier weightsthan the fancy trade desires. The ewes milk is some-times reinforced by cows milk. Corn and a smallproportion of other grains are fed liberally as early asthe lambs can be taught to ea
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