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Show Breeding Ewes Require Little Grain and Hay When on alfalfa hay alone, a group of breeding ewes will require in the neighborhood of 3 pounds of prairie hay per day per head. Usually one- needs to figure about a 200-day winter feeding period. This would require a supply of 12 to 13 tons of hay. It probably would pay you to feed a little grain to these ewes begin ning around the first of February and continuing until they go on grass. About three-fourths of a pound of grain per head per day would be sufficient and most any type of grain that you can secure easily will be satisfactory. Oats fed alone or a mixture of one-half oats and one half barley or one-half one-half oats and one-half corn would do very well. |