Show FARM CI CK i iF r BALANCED RATION BEST FOR SHEEP Sheep need a well balanced ration the same as ns other oilier farm aria animals and andone andone andone one of the most roost efficient rations that can be fed Is that one which Is composed com composed posed largely of ot le legume hay lIke clover alfalfa or soy bean hay D S Bell ell of ot the Ohio experimental e station told at nt the annual meeting of the lie state wool growers rowers assocIation recen recently Uy That sheep will do o better on a ration whIch Is properly supplied with a protein protein high feed was illustrated by byone byone byone one test at ut the experiment station s where wide and narrow V rations were compared Those ewes which were fed rations loIn low lo in protein gave birth to pun puny lambs half of which died and I Ithe the others were off feed so that they could not be continued for Cor a U year on such a ration A man roan without legumes umes cannot keep sheep as liS efficient producers Mr Ir Dell Bell summarized his statement on the value alue of clover and alfalfa hay har Tim TIm- Timothy Timothy othy hay was described as us particularly particularly pOOl poor for sheep shep feeding not so good even eyen as ns oat straw v In order to keep down costs the speaker recommended recommended mended a n limited allowance of corn silage or fodder The fhe best form to supply the addi- addi additional addi additional protein needed In the Hie ration In Inthis 1115 experts expert's Judgment Is through h tile the use of linseed meal and for sheep he prefers the pea size The meal makes the troughs gumm gummy but If this form Is Isled led fed lie he recommends that It be given on silage About a n pound of linseed meal to six or seven pounds of grain was recommended The stock ration at the Hie experiment station Is three parts of corn three parts of oa oats oats s und and undone andone andone one part of linseed meal No grains are ground Where all silage was fed to ewes nt at the experiment station the lambs were of good size but very weak weal an and flabby lacking in vitality even en though the silage e was supplemented with R a good grain ration A third of a n pound of alfalfa dally daily per head made a won won- wonderful wonderful wonderful difference The ration for breeding ewes Mr 11 Bell ell further pointed out out should be dIfferent from that for fattening lambs as ns the e elides ewes ees es should not be- be become become be become come too fat At Purdue university the recommended fattening ration for lambs Is composed of silage clover lIa hay corn corp and cottonseed meal |