Show lamb feeding pointers proved to have merit now heavy should a lamb be at 5 mouths months old one year ralph kurtz allen alien county indiana made his lambs average 97 pounds at 5 months another year they averaged 96 00 pounds at the same age some of course weighed more than pounds each and it Is mr kurtas ambition to obtain an average of pounds mr kurtz docks and ca strates at 3 weeks old by that time the lambs will begin to eat grain so he makes a creep and gives them corn and oats with alfil alfalfa fa hay at times silage Is fed after grass gets good lambs will not consume much grain said mr kurtz but we feed it as long as they will eat it we try to finish lambs on alfalfa pasture that will give them a good finish without grain and gives us our cheapest gains mr air kurtz keeps 25 grade ewes and has about 30 lambs a year to market in the fall sheep are given the run of the farm they clean up vegetation in fence rows glean grain dropped in harvesting and eat weeds or volunteer grain in stubble fields ewes get no grain until about two weeks before lambing time |