Show INCREASE LAMB production sheep can successfully be rallied raised without danger of stomach worms or other parasites parasite prepared by the 19 S department of agriculture specialized sheep fanning faiming in forage crops nere used for the gum summer pasture and a study of the relation ot of nutrition of ewes at breeding time to tile the percentage of lambs produced were included in the eap exp experimental erl work conducted last year by the united states department of agriculture at the government forms farms at beltsville lid BIJ and middlebury vt pata data were obtained relative to the relish with which sheep ate different forage crops and the gains made abile pasturing upon them it was demonstrated that with the frequent rotation necessary sary in K 14 ir ax Z I 1 4 ito 0 it wnm 4 sheep club member Me riber fid 1 his pet pasturing forage crops sheep could be successfully raised without danger of infestation by stomach worms or other internal parasites experiments in the List last four years to test the effect of feed at breeding time upon the size of the lamb crop have shown an increase of per tent of lambs produced by increased nutrition of ewe eap during mating season for both delts ville and middlebury this Is an in crease of per cent in the beltsville s flock floch and ana per cent in the middlebury flock in experiments with western ewes at the middlebury farm to test the effect of running sheep in permanent pasture upon the growth of weeds and tile carrying rapacity Tapa city of the fields it has been demonstrated that sheep are benefited in cleaning pastures of weeds but that it must be accomplished gradually and should not be overemphasized as a reason tor for engaging caging en in sheep raising |