Show LAMBS FATTENED FOR MARKET DAY farmers who followed the plan for years favor it the winter occupation of 0 fattening feeder lambs for the marnet market may or may not be profitable in any one season but farmers in this section who have followed tile the industry year after year say the lile profits from the he good years mure more than balance the deficits incurred in off years says a writer in the rural new anew yorker the feeder lamb business Is not a sure proposition but tant chilt Is true also of any farm industry dairying crop raising etc market prices cannot be controlled by the average farmer but as in any branch of farming there are certain rules and r principles to be observed in the fatten luR or of feeder lambs estr astr care must be used the first few days if the industry is to be started properly without loss of lambs the bulk of the feeder lambs comp come from the great sheep ranges in ill texas arizona idaho and montana the time taken in transit from these ranges with perhaps one or two lay overs Is productive of a loss of weight of 0 the lambs and the formation of tin an enormous appetite often this ravenous appetite causes the in lambs nibs to eat so much grain that it Is fatal only light feedings of grain should be given thorn them the first four or five days day s and self feeders should not be used even if the grain portion per lamb is small some of the larger and stronger lambs are very likely to partake of more grain than Is safe self elf feeders should be taboo for the first few days dabs troughs being the most practical arrangement to use small feedings of grain can be given in the troughs and as a greater number of lambs can eat from the troughs than or three self fei feeders iders the grain is quickly consumed with will no danger pra practically of any lambs overlaying overeating over C lating in a feeding forage not so much caution Is required but I 1 would not adi adaise isi too heavy feedings the first day the lambs when they first arrive are gluttons and there might possibly be some ill III effects from too much forage just enough forage the first day to take the sharpness from their appetite is advisable after three or four days when their craving for grain has been satisfied self feeders may be used even then there are times that a lamb may overeat but these instances are few some farmers use troughs altogether but self feeders make ma kethe the feeding of grain easier US as it entails much less labor A gradual dally daily increase in fit the amount of grain tor for four or five days should take care of tile the feeding situation tit at the start |