Show LIVE ac FLUSHING EWES TO INCREASE LAMBS those who have owes ewes to breed till this fall may well be ba thinking about getting gettine then in good physical condit condition ton before tile mating time nr arrives rives it Is it well known fact that when ewes are in a gaining condition nt at the 0 in 0 of breeding that tile tho lamb crop will not only be larger but tho the individual lambs lamba will also be stronger find and healthier putting ewes in a gaining gill ining condition la Is spoken of as flushing then them some years ago the united states department of agriculture carried on a number of tests with lushing flushing ewes lust just before the breeding season and came to tile the conclusion utter six years yeam of experimentation that flushing in creases creasea the lamb crop about 20 per pei cent the kansas experiment station calls attention to lambs it lt ling lias cecur secured ol 01 in tests with 17 groups of ewes the ewes that were not fed grain during the breeding season gained about 17 pounds per head and lind had a lamb crop of per cent whereas those that received one halt half pound ot of grain a 11 day prior to breeding gained 8 pounds per liend head and had n lamb iamb crop of per cent in other words on that basis every hundred ewes that were flushed produced 28 more lambs lamba than those that were not liberally fed prior to breeding it so important that a ration of a de finito composition be fed any good feed that will cause the ewes to gain in flesh will turn tho the trick A good bluegrass or alfalfa pas turo without grain Is all right A very good grain ration however Is composed of one third part by weight of corn oats rind and bran one half corn and one halt oats will also make a good ration or oats alone will do very well indeed nor should a great deal eat of grain bo be fed one half pound per day per head Is usually enough although ewes that are in a rundown run down condition will do better it if fed as much as three fourths of a pound per head per lay day for ft A period of 14 to 18 days before there are other advantages in flushing the ewe flock aside from getting it a larger and stronger crop of lambs flushing tends to cause the ewes to come in heat thus the flock can be bred in less time and the lambs lamba will come within a range of about two weeks of each other A short lambing season in the spring Is preferable to a long season because it lessens the labor of caring for the youngsters besides as the lambs grow up they will bo be more uniform in size which la is an advantage when running it together in one flock they will also he be ready tor for the market at tile the same time and practically all will lie he uniform as to weight when sold these ape factors of considerable importance |