Show ro ahe livestock situation by J A this la is tile the time of 0 year that hundreds of western sheep men sustain heavy keats through failure to supplement faill failing ng range feed with concentrates and rough ages supplemental auppl feeding Is becoming more widespread each eacle year us as more ranchers aro are brought to realize tho the advantage of keeping their stock block in good through the alio period of short feed r hiie feeding of ewes during tho the winter months includes the kattef luttot portion of the abo gestation gesta tiou period and thu the suckling period prior io to the pasture season these two periods tic termine the lambing percentage perc owe ewe mortality aud and grade IT and d weight of the lambs lamba at six mouths months of age experiments have proven that the ewo ewe mortality and lambing percentage la in a flock that received foca feed wea were much lower than la in neighboring flicks that had bad to depend on de range glasses as the sole source of nourishment nour ishmeaL As protein ja generally lacking it in range grassia grasse 9 and in the fall and winter a protein supplement la Is essential tile the cheapest source of prot protein elii at Is cottonseed cake it Is also necessary that the owes ewes receive a le roughage to assure an adequate adi ade guate milk supply in an aa experiment peri ment at purdue purdue university university siti 4 0 one he lot of owes with suckling lambs were fed on roughage while a corresponding lot received elvad a legume at days oi of age tho the lambs la in the latter lot averaged 18 pounds more than the others while all of the light lambs lamba graded below medium edlum in jonly af pf ifo teca per cent of those whose dams received a legume graded below medium alfalfa hay bay Is the most common legume iu in the ecat and Is also a good source of protein it is important to feed the ewes alfalfa hay before lambing also so that there alu will be an ample milk supply at lambing time many lambs the die or become culla within two weeks week ol ok the alie time lime they are ard born because be causo se their mothers fall to provide sufficient fl elent milk in county california were by sheep men who fed two to three lbs ibs of alfalfa hay bay in addition to one halt half lb ib of cottonseed cake pellets containing alfalfa hay in meal cottonseed cake grain and mineral also provided satisfactory starting supplemental feeding before the owes ewes have lost weight hits has proven most economical as it requires less feed to keep them in good flesh than to build the them in up after they have lost flesh early feeding also conserves range feed amil increases the carrying capi elty of a given amount of range aw senior and grand champion jersey cow at the 1937 Vat national ional dair dairy show columbus ohio hugh W bonnell of young town ohio is if her owner A |