| Show grain ration for ewes Is advised addition found profitable during last weeks of lamb carrying in periods of low prices it Is essential for sheep men to save every lamb born according to L A knuffman extension specialist in sheep for the ohio state un university Iver sity who says that no other factor Is ns as important in determining income from the lock flock than Is the percentage of lambs born and raised lambs born from vigorous healthy ewes he be points out have a much better chance of reaching maturity than those from weak poorly fed ewes it if no grain has been fed the ewes some can well be added to the ration during the last few weeks the lamb iamb Is carried this helps insure a strong well developed lamb find and a good flow of milk from the dam the kinds and amounts of grain to be fed depend upon the hay available and the condition of the ewes with high quality legume hay oats Is sufficient however a mixture of grains is preferable one pound of protein supplement to seven or eight of grain usually will suffice with will mixed bay more protein is needed and it is a good idea to feed one pound of supplement to six pounds of grain the grain mixture used where timothy corn stover or other low protein hages are used should contain one pound of protein supplement to each tour four or five pounds of grain among the protein supplements that are best to feed at the present time kauffman believes are soybean oil meal cottonseed meal linseed meal dairy feeds and bran any of these are suitable to balance farm grown grains but twice tivice as much bran or low analysis dairy teed feed Is required to take the place of one pound of other supplements |
