Show give ewes legume hay and feed iodized ionized salt breeding ewes that ore are young and in good hesh flesh nt this time of the year may bo be wintered efficiently and at low cost on a ration of legume hay says W E morris extension live stock specialist ci alist university farm st paul tills this ration ma may be improved he be says where silage Is available by feeding amounts not to exceed two pounds per day per animal where silage Is not available roots may take its place no ko grain need be fed until just before lambing providing the ewes tire young and in good flesh two or three weeks before lambing the ewes should receive from one half to a pound of ganin per tiny day and this should he continued until they go to pasture onta oats make inake nn an excellent grain teed feed shepherds need to take cure care likewise to prevent present the fleeces from becoming filled with cgriff A good fleece can be reduced to a lower grade arnde by becoming chaffy tills this may happen when the flock runs to straw plies or when hay or other feed and bedding are thrown carelessly over the backs backli of the |