Show silage vor sheep good silage makes as cheap a ration Cs oil one e cau devise for fattening ve bethers although it is even ven better suited salted s a fond for breeding ewes occasionally it may bo be found that tho do 10 not dot relish tho silage especially if it is id in any way tainted but it if the fool is clean and sweet they will soon learn to eat it with ii ai much eig eagerness as they would good grass it is aar ly however that they take any dislike to the silage even at first and then only a few days daya ire aro lost not sufficient to affect materially mate water rilly iAly tho the progress of the chimal cu Pili imal mals we have beaida of como sheep heep breeders bleeders bre eders who claimed that tho would not cot eat cat tho the silage and that they had to lie bo changed upon another ration before they could gain in ill weight this must bo be exceptional ept ional for nine out oat of every ten sheer theop will relish clearl clean sweet silage probably Pio bably ably the trouble hai bai been that the owners have deperi depended ded almost entirely upon the silage for feeding this has been a great inis mistake take jn in the past silage is not intended to take tho the place of all other food 3 but in all instances either hay bay or stalks must alsobr also bo fed if the scheep sheep for instance are fell fed bivel dively upon silage tile the results would be that we weak al and some dead lambs will follow the sheep need fodder ns as well and also some grain the same is true of cows or any animals fed on silage A good Ini aturo for tile ibo withers is made by giving them a dully daily allowance ot corn milage cut corn bodd fodder r and some whole corn COM this can bo divided to tile the owner but a fair proportion between the silage and the dry fodder should hould be observed the animals under the treatment fatten rapidly and so far as all observations are concerned they remain in perfect health the cheapness of the ration inist also bo be considered american cultivator |