Show LAMBS FATTENED FOR MARKET PAY farmers who followed the plan for years favor it tie the winter occupation of 0 fattening feed feeder er lambs for the market may or ma anay y not ot be profitable in any one season but farmers in tins this section who have followed the industry year after year say the profits from the gool good years more than balance the deficits I 1 incurred n in off years s says a writer in fit t the he blural new yorker the feeder iamb amb business Is not a sure proposition but that Is true also of an any farm industry dairying ci chop 0 raising etc market prices cannot be coil controlled by the he average tanner farmer but us in any branch of farming there are cert certain alfi rules and principles to lie be observed in the fattening of feeder lambs extra care must be used the file first few days izittie industry Is to be started stalled properly without loss of lambs the bulk of tile the feeder lambs come from abe great sheep ranges in texas arizona idaho and montana them time tt na taken in from fro n these gaii range ca with perhaps one or two lay overs oveis Is productive of a toss loss ot of weight of the lambs and the formation of nn an enormous appetite fapp often this ravenous ra enous appetite causes the lambs to eat so much grain alint it Is fatal only light feedings of grain should be given them the first four or five days and self feeders should not be used even r yen it if the grain portion per lamb Is small s r all some of the larger and stronger lambs 1 a abs are very likely to partake of more grain than is safe self feeders should be taboo for the first few days troughs being the most practical arrangement to use small feedings of grain can be given in the troughs and as a greater number of lambs can eat from the troughs than two or three self feeders the grain Is quickly bonsu consumed med with practically no dan danger gerof of gay any lambs overeating in feeding forage not so much caution Is required but I 1 would not advise too heavy feedings the first day the ia lambs nibs when they first arrive are gluttons and there night might possibly be some ill effects front from too much forage ju just at enough for forage age tha first day to take the sharpness from their appetite la Is advisable after three or four foun days when their cravi craving rig for grain has bas deen satisfied self feed feeders may be used even then elt there are times that a lahib may overeat b but ut these instances are few some farmers use tro troughs altogether but self feeders make the feeding of grain easier as it entails much less labor A gradual dally in increase crease in the amount of grain for four or five days should take care cae of the feeding situ situation atio n at the start |