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Wintering Breeding Ewes of Mutton Type Without Grain

Colorado Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

This experiment was intended only as the first of a series; a sort of preliminary test, and as will be seen later, has raised more questions than it has answered, if it has answered any. Some day we hope to investigate other questions; as sunflower silage vs. corn silage; silage and grain vs. silage and alfalfa; limited hay feeding vs. the self-feeder. A more complete system of racks was put in this summer at the Colorado Experiment Station and a small tile silo built. With this equipment, a little better work can be planned in the future.

Alfalfa hay is normally cheap around the Fort Collins district, labor and grain are relatively expensive. The lamb-feeders use the self-feeders almost exclusively. Hay is stacked in the field when cut and stands there without much loss till fed in winter. With wool and mutton both low in price, and hay low in price; with labor high, the use of the self-feeder might seem reasonable.