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Show EXCELLENT FOR THE LAMBS Wheatbran Is Good Feed for Youngr sters to Begin On Give Abundance Abun-dance of Pasture If Possible. A good flockmasteir holds that for young lambs wheatbran is most excellent ex-cellent to begin with, and after they become stronger the bran should be mixed with corn meal in equal quarters. quar-ters. He says that oat meal, or oats when they can eat it, should be added add-ed to balance the ration, for oats ia nearly a balanced food itself. After growing a little fhey will shell their own corn, if given to them on the cob. The lambs that are to be raised on-the on-the farm should not be forced so fast They need plenty of food, but the grain ration should be small and no corn should be used. Thoy should be given plenty of exercise and an abundance abun-dance of good pasture if possible. Corn tends to fatten and will produce pro-duce uncertain breeders of short season. sea-son. Wheat bran and oats are probably prob-ably the two safest materials of food that can be used. When the grass becomes be-comes stronger and good . in the-sprir-fe, grain feeding, is not needed for those lambs that are to remain on. the farm, and only the corn will remain re-main as the dry feed ration for the market lambs. The grass is better than any other nitrogenous food. |