Show LIVE STOCK FLUSHING EWES TO INCREASE LAMBS LAl Those who have hn ewes ewe to breed this fall may well be thinking about get getting ting them In good physical condition before the mating time arrives It Isa Is Isa isa a well well known known fact that lint when ewes are In a gaining condition at the time ot of breedIng that the lamb Iamb crop will w not only be larger but hut the Individual lambs will w also be stronger and healthIer Putting ewes In a gainIng gaining condition Is spoken of or as flushing them Some years yean a ago o the United States Department of t A Agriculture carried on ona ona ona a number of ot tests with flushing ewes ves just the breeding season and came to the conclusion after atter six years yeara ot of experimentation that flushing inn In Increases creases the lamb Iamb crop about 20 O per percent percent percent cent The Kansas experiment station calls attention to lambs Iambs It has secured In tests with 17 groups of ot ewes The ewes that were not fed grain during the breeding season gained about 17 pounds per head and had a lamb crop Of Qt lW per cent whereas those that received ed one halt pound of ot grain a aday aday aday day prior to bree breeding gained 8 pounds per head and had a lamb crop of ot per cent In other oilier words on that b basis ls every hundred ewes that were flushed produced 28 S more lambs than those that were not liberally fed ted prior to breeding It Isn't so Important that thata a ration of ot a definite composition be fed Any good feed teed that will cause the ewes to gamin gain In flesh will turn the trIck A good bluegrass or alfalfa pas pas- pasture pasture ture turo without grain Is all right rightA A very good grain ration however Is composed of ot third one-third part by weight of ot corn oats and and bran One One- One half halt half corn com and one halt one halt oats will also make a n good ration or oats alone will do very well Indeed Nor should a great deal of ot grain be fed One halt One pound per say aay day per head hend Is usually enough although ewes that are In n a down arun-down run down condition will do better It If ted fed as much as three fourths of ot a pound per head per day for a period ot of 14 to 18 days before There are other advantages ad In flush flush- flushing flushing ing the ewe flock aside from getting a larger and str stronger crop of ot lambs Flushing tends to cause the ewes to come In heat Thys Thus the flock can be bred In less time and the lambs will come within a range of ot about two weeks of ot each other A short lam lamb lamb- lambing Ing Ing season In the spring Is preferable to a long season because It lessens the labor of ot caring for tor the youngsters Besides as ns the lambs grow up they will be bc more uniform In size aize which Is Isan isan Isan an advantage when running together In one flock They will also be ready for tor the market at the same time and practically all will be uniform as to weight when sold These are factors ot of considerable Importance |