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Show How to Care for Ewe Flock During Winter Breeding ewes deserve a good ration ra-tion and good care during the winter. Experience has shown that their principal prin-cipal feed should be a legume hay. says W. E. Morris, a live stock specialist spe-cialist of the University of Minnesota. When such hay Is not available In quantity It can be limited to two pounds per head a day by feeding In addition roughages of prairie hay, oat straw, or corn stover supplemented with corn silage or roots such as turnips, tur-nips, mangels, or sugar beets. Roots and silage add to the desirability of the ration, but should not he fed In excess of two pounds a day per head. If poor roughages only are available a little grain should be fed along with them. Six weeks before lambing, a half pound of oats, corn or barley should be added to the ration of the breeding breed-ing ewe and should be continued until un-til pastures are good. If the ewe is thin about one pound of grain should he fed daily. As lambing time approaches ap-proaches the ewes become heavy and do not like to exercise. P.y spreading the hay some distance from Lhe barn and -shi'ds they wll' be made to take the needed exercise Rapid driving or chasing should not be permitted. |