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Show Care of the Lambs. At eight to ten days of age lambs will begin to eat. At that time a creep should be built which will give them access to a feed box containing grain and a trough with hay. Hox. trough and feed should always be kept sweet and clean. A good grain ration for lambs Is made as follows: Mix one-third part of oilmeal with one part each of bran, oats and fine cornmeal. Red alfalfa bay or the second cutting of alfalfa bay are the most desirable form of roughnge. Of the two alfalfa Is to be much preferred. It Is a good Idea to keep up the grain feed right along until the lambs are sent to market. My so doing the lambs are kept fat all the time and are ready to be turned Into cash on short notice should the market take a sudden rtse. |