Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 401 and are somewhat larger than those of the other two classes, and have slightly longer and coarser wool and more of the mutton form. Some authorities make the Delaine Merinos a separate breed. Rambouillet. — The animals of the Rambouillet breed (Fig. 178) are larger than those of the other fine-wool sheep, the rams weighing from one hundred seventy-five to one hundred eighty pounds and the ewes from one hundred forty to one hundred eighty pounds. Although the sheep
Effective farming; a text-book for Effective farming; a text-book for American schools effectivefarming00samp Year: 1919 Sheep 401 and are somewhat larger than those of the other two classes, and have slightly longer and coarser wool and more of the mutton form. Some authorities make the Delaine Merinos a separate breed. Rambouillet. — The animals of the Rambouillet breed (Fig. 178) are larger than those of the other fine-wool sheep, the rams weighing from one hundred seventy-five to one hundred eighty pounds and the ewes from one hundred forty to one hundred eighty pounds. Although the sheep are rather upstanding, the form approaches that of the mutton type and the animals produce a good quality of mutton as well as fine wool. The head is larger than in the Merinos and is wooled well down on the nose. The wool is about three inches long and the fleece com- pletely covers the body. 201. Feeds for sheep. — Sheep are capable of digesting large quantities of roughage, but they should have concentrates in addition. Excellent roughages for sheep are the leguminous hays from alfalfa, red clover, alsike clover, or cowpeas. Corn stover, straws, and hays from some of the grasses are often fed to sheep, but they are inferior to the leguminous hays. Timothy or millet hays should not be fed to sheep. The former causes constipation and the latter, scours. Pasturage is the important feed for sheep. They are natu- rally grazing animals and, hke all animals that chew their cud, require abundant succulent feed. Permanent pastures of 2d Fig. 178. — Rambouillet ewe.
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