| Show Sheep ep Acres Is of Much Interest r Extra I Feeding of Ewes at Breeding Time H Helps I Prepared rod by tho United Unite States Department or ot Comprising a n tract of ot approximately approximate ly Ij acres of ot tillable Jun land In the animal husbandry exi experiment farm brIO nt at Md Sheep Acrel Acres Is yielding many results of Interest to flock Hock owners of ot the United States Slates The name e Is gradually coming to mean menn the proving ground for or problems of ot sheep production under Intensive conditions typical of farm furro sheep raising A pra practical system of ot forage crop pastures experiments already have ha shown enables enables en en- ables sheep to be pastured longer and moved from field to field Held thereby controlling con conS trolling parasites tes more fully than when maintained under the usual per per- method This pasture manent-pasture practice practice practice tice makes It possible also to keep a farm Carm flock on less cured feed thereby saving expense expense and labor Another l Important result of experimental experimental expert mental work tork at Sheep Acres Acres' concerns concerns concerns con con- cerns the thc effect of ot extra feeding of ot ewes at breeding time on the percentage percent percent- age of ot t twins In the lamb Iamb crop A An n advantage advantage ad ad- vantage of 16 10 lambs Iambs per ewes has bas resulted from keeping keeping- ewes in a ahl hl highly nourished condition during that season Other experiments deal with growth of ot lambs both In weight and size fixIng fix fix- Ing of type In purebred sheep by selective selective se se- se- se c breeding and rate of ot wool growth The flock nt at Sheep Acres consists of approximately OO sheep Including rams ewes ewes' and lambs Iambs representing representing representing rep rep- resenting the South Southdown down Hampshire and breeds D D. D A A. A Spencer Is In charge of th the Investigations In conducted at nt Sheep Acres and K 11 1 F. F Brandon Is superintendent nt of ot tit the farm of which Sheep Acres Is is' isa a part |
