Show LiVE STOCK J NEWS I I IA SYSTEMATIC TIC FEED FOR YOUNG LAMBS LAl It has lias boon beoh pretty definitely established lisped tI by pathologists II at t the experImental experimental mental station that too many peas or too much corn Is the real cause ot of most lot feed-lot lamb losses Cornfield Comfield feeders are controlling their losses by 1 herdin herding and the feeding ot of ofa ofa n a variety of ot feeds such as beet tops otI I alfalfa stubble and grain The same methods mc can be resorted to In the San Luls Luis valley using alfalfa cull potatoes beet heet tops and sheaf grain getting the thc lie lambs filled filletI up well before herding on peas A good method would be to feed lambs cull spuds In the Hie corrals In the morning then a full feed of alfalfa ha hay find and then turn them on the peas us Bring them In at night for another feed fc-ed of spuds and a little hay to Jast bast them the night and leave leae them faIrly hungry huner for a spud feed In the mornIng morn morn- mornIn Ing In AI Alfalfa falta las has been found unsatisfactory unsatisfactory tor tory In many cases because the lambs are not fed fetI enough A few mouth mouth- mouthfuls fuls fuls wont won't keep them from eating too many peas The They should eat eat at at least two pounds dall dally daily to affect pea con con- consumption consumption consumption Mineral lInc mixtures are arc Indicated for certain things but Lut preventing death loss b by unlimited f feeding of them In Inthe inthe the doesn't seem to b be one ot of them These big 65 G to pound SO-pound SO lambs have a n big capacity for feed consumption and C cant calit stand the amount of concentrated feed they are arc consuming We have hae a tendency to look for panaceas and to hope hOlle for some serum or powder that can cnn be administered or fed fetI to solve sole the trouble When we c get gel down to Improving our feed man management system s so that our lambs get a well-balanced well ration and are forced to eat cat a definite amount of roughage and antI besides arc are fed a n va- va variety va variety of feeds with the peas Jean only then will these losses come under control E E J Maynard Colorado State Experiment Station to San Luis alle Valley feeders |