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Show EXPENSE Cf HANDLING EWES Expert of Wait Virginia Experiment Station Stye Every Flock Owner Should Study Coat. Prof. E. V. Sheets of the Weet Virginia Vir-ginia experiment elation, In discussing the question of breeding fn, aald that h believed every flock owner should alt down and figure out the coet of the feed. In the fall he feeds breeding ewes once, a day on outa and bran; feeda no corn whatever to the breeding ewea. 1'see clover, cowpea and mixed huy and corn fodder for roughage. The latter It paya to ahred or cut. His Southdown ahep eat about six pounda of allage apiece a day, two pounda of hay and one-half pound of grain, but he doea not give the ewea ao much allage aa tbla before be-fore lambing. He feeda the Iambi with the ewea, starting with about half a pint of grain to the lamb at eight weeks old, and getting up to a pint of grain at about twelve weeka old. Thia feed la continued throughout the season. After the lambs are weaned he puts the ewea on a atubble field to decrease the flow of milk. He gives tobacco, which he raises himself, In the feed each day aa a preventive of stomach worms. He tblnka It paya better to wean lamba the first of July than at any other time. It coat him 93.06 to keep a sheep a year, but he did not charge present market prices for his feed, adopting a acale of prices that would run about the average for a aeries of yeara. |
