Show BALANCED RATION BEST FOR SHEEP sheep need a well balanced ration the same as other farm animals and one of the most efficient elTi clent rations that can be fed Is that one which Is composed largely of 0 legume hay bay like 1110 clover alfalfa or soybean soy bean hay bay D 9 S bell of the ohio experimental station told sheep men at the annual medellna of the state wool growers asso association ladon recently that sheep will m III do better on a ration which Is properly supplied with a hilgh protein feed was illustrated by one test at the experiment station where inhere wide and narrow rations were compared om pared those ewes which were fed i athons low in protein gave birth to 1 liny lambs half of which died and i the be others were off feed so that they t not be continued tor for a year on uch tuch a ration A man without legumes cannot I 1 beep sheep as efficient producers mr il ell summarized ht alls statement on the balue alue of clover and alfalfa hay bay timothy alm hay was described as particularly poor tor for sheep feeding not so good even as oat straw in order to keep down costs the speaker recommended a limited allowance of corn silage or fodder the best form to supply the additional protein needed deeded in the ration in e clients judgment Is through the us 0 linseed meal and for sheep he ho hie pea size the meal makes the gummy but if this form Is fed he recommends that it be given on about a pound of linseed meal to six or seven pounds ot of grain wits was the stock ration ni at the experiment station Is three parts parti of orn throe three parts of oats and one pirt dart of linseed meal no grains are arc I riidu wi re all silage was fed to ewes at th alii pediment peri ment station the lambs win oi 01 size but very weak and flabbi labbit a 1 ing in vitality even though the ishige was supplemented with a g ii 1 I gr cr in ration A third of a pound 0 it iiii ia I 1 tily per head made a lit 10 nl di trence rence T to ie ration for breeding ewes air further pointed out should be different ferent from that for fattening lambs as the ewes should not become too fat at purdue perdue university the recommended fattening ration for lambs Is composed of silage clover lay hay corn and cottonseed meal |