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Show WINTER FEED FOR SHEEP. As )enr b) jear the free nnges become be-come more and more eaten nnd tmmped out b) sheep tho question of feeding tho flocks both winter and summer will force Itself upon tho sheep owners of the Intcrmountaln countr)' This will mean smaller flocks, better mutton and heavier fleeces hcn the time comes that sheep mint bo kept within enclosures, then the real suierlnrlt) of Utah nnd Idaho lands for producing a great vnrlet) of forage and root ciops will be plnlnl) innnlfest Our farmers nre at present ver) far In tho rear In the mutter of making pastures but they will have iMirned tho lesson b) tho tlmo the range giies out In growing root crops nnd rnpo tho Intcrmountalns farmers can make ten acres ot Irrigated land tqua! to four times tint ur.eo. In tho eastern states Tho vnluc of roots and rape for sheep Is well set forth In the follow ins from the American fcqietp Ilreeder Tho question has teen asked b) scleral eif our rectus If ions are Wttrr than nipo In ani vmij and If so what la the Ust nirthxl of culture for the lat )MI of them an I ihe beet kind to gtow It slnull t- un.l. ratool that this Is a mat ter of convenience inostli and Hint the 'i.rU.f.iH,'l '"""' ,".f r""' ' that when nr night Int cultivation Ihe neceeeiri culture of the Ian I la most iftecllve In Ih elestrictl n of wee In nud Ih. thor ough preiarillin of the lull by tho ne. cessary and cust.marj use of a llhetnl 'lnilt of m inure to wcure the most I r itttiihlt ,l uf the crop grown an 1 of llioje following In the rotation lor the grcc iet iirom from either r these rops the Ian 1 must h th ir until) well . lilt I vnteil cleaneil an I tnrlilncl Hoots have the all intage of niiiblnx a valuable Hiitslstince ti the sheep during the win ter when thc-lr npiilul a It milages come moslll Into view b their long kieping nnl I nntlnuM freshness Hunt on the other liiuid Is onlv n temper ir rmourc nnd no further than up to the end of Dm open fft.liiiK seas in llenoe tho two crops urt not competitors I tit should to grown each fir Us i wn special seasonable use I xperlcncc go. a tn show that wh. n rate has been f,,l I ,te n,e sumin. r an.! I on mull the wlnt.r th sheep liegln lo full for want if the succulent eaellv digested and fully nutrition, rood so fir "'.'.t" ".".' '' n mi ,lr foe" r ewu with it lll.nl iroi irtlnn ,r iirilu Iho llmk est. (lull) threw 1 call " the Imp. of th. Hrak ill lhl time fall In conlltlon unci begin to suit r frun llnnrleis of tin dlgisllv eri.ua it in vcij Urn. vvhrn Ihe mist M health anl eonell- ion are desire I or ar In lee el In.lhipcnai ble fur the sifet) of tin iinlng lamb crop So that the rap. Is not lie an" meniia v substitute f i th not crop but un in llspensablv conti anion to It r r It slninlN .r.iM the wav r.r the later fiedinif .ir the runts which shoull h, imitlniird all through Ihe winter ss a nee led complement of the dry fod let or grain ration With ir nlcki r or alfalfa huv anil turnips bis or m ingle no grain I. nee led fir the general flock during dur-ing the uint t nor until the lambing time is anproiic king I hese succulent rols having an average of to n. r cent "f water In Ihem mm quite euallj aup pli an pressing meet or water during the winter sr neon on I as ihe uiei arntlon of the land and the .lean cultiiu neces-"'I. neces-"'I. .1""." '"" ''i1" .'" ' "e iKnertts '.'L " "'J' aie run to the nrxt crm after th nt ihl iiilvontiiiie Is quite ceiiilv ilent (o a satlsfieeicirv protlt as well us repay mint fir the line re ihe luncl f,i- ihe root i p Ii short and In met the root . r. nllc nits the r inner noihli g nt all nn I thus the goo I ri nulls c f It mined I the l . i entile In as a Imnua or gin n itiv Willi nit c t t Tina fHU , ii the vi ly hlln if tie well lull ilnlin that utdni lu light e in.lltlnna inc. n",p tiiii oiitslle of itir ei r, ..nt sp i t oil it 1 r l inilllllel in. nl thi Utter th. flick I- and Ih. letter II Is ininoged Hi. Iirger l this nr. mil e rtuln gain iv liuiv take Ii a a s in ihlng that thi liiel! ii l Its wi n e ii,d well hi Its I II ll Hie test Is i rait lie m me, t ir cri after I i ini mil ire I Ii s I III th g i til .Mi I I ' I Is onl i Ii tti iroiiu I I m til In 1 is I ,11 ex rl I I i ej to ehor tuat tn orn crop grown after rape has been fed off the land h sheen Is sufficiently Increased in profit bv the Increased yield of It nnd In oddl tlin by the much less cost of produ Ing this larger crop as one result of the. 1m nrovert rendition of 111 in 1 This Inst Item, too goes over to the next crop. Indeed, In-deed, the. imprint of tho fheep s foot is one miy say remains In conspicuous green vear after )ear, as long as tho flock continues |