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Am. Soc. Anim. Prod. 1933:176-180
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Experiments with Timothy Hay for Pregnant and Nursing Ewes

D. S. Bell, L. E. Thatcher and C. H. Hunt

Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station

Abstract

Timothy hay has long been considered an inferior roughage for sheep. In 1914, Hackedorn stated, in Missouri Station Bulletin No. 120, that "Timothy hay (with grain fed after lambing) proved to be such an inferior ration (for ewes) that it was not continued the second year." Dowell and Bowstead, in Bulletin No. 1, University of Alberta, reported results from one trial which showed that ewes wintered on timothy hay lost 50 per cent of their lambs before they reached the age of 28 days and that one group of ewes fed timothy lost an average of 27.8 pounds during pregnancy. These investigators concluded that "The use of timothy hay should be avoided on account of its high price, low nutritive value, and the injury to the skin and value of the fleece."

These and similar results with timothy have been voiced in Ohio to discourage the use of timothy and encourage legume hay production for sheep feeding.






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