Show give ewes legume hay and feed iodized ionized salt breeding ewes that are young and I 1 in n good flesh at this time of the year may be wintered efficiently and at low cost on a ration of legume tiny buy says IV E morris extension live stock specialist ci alist university farm st paul this ration may be improved he 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 grain need be fed until just before lambing providing the ewes are young and in good flesh two or three weeks before lambing the ewes should receive from one hulf hall to a pound of grain per dir dav and this should be con tinned until t aliey vicey go to pasture oats make an excellent grain feed shepherds need to take care likewise to prevent the fleeces from becoming tilled filled with chair A good neece leece can be reduced to a lower grade by becoming chaffy this may happen when the flock runs to straw piles or when hay or other fe teed edund and beil bedding ding are thrown carelessly over the backs of the animals |