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Show Lambs Did Well When Fed on Russian Thistle One of the surprising outcomes of a lamb-feeding experiment at the Akron (Colo.) station, was the result of feeding Eussian thistle, an abundant abund-ant weed pest on Colorado farms. Eleven lots of twenty lambs each, averaging av-eraging 59 pounds, were fed ninety days. Russian thistle, ground and fed as roughage, was found worth $4.58 per ton in feed replacement value. Some of the thistles fed were raked out of fence corners, while others had been cut green and allowed to cure for the test Some of the whole thistles this-tles were fed 1 to cull lambs on the side and it was found that it Is not necessary to grind them if they are cut when green. The common Canada Can-ada thistle of the East has long been considered "pretty good hay" if cut green. We have seen cows and sheep eat it as though they liked it Dry Russian thistle runs around 5 per ce,nt protein and 30 carbohydrates. Rural New Xorker. |