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Increased use of pasture and forage in sheep production

Wisconsin

Abstract

Sheep are primarily forage consuming animals. Large scale sheep production has developed for the most part in countries and localities where abundant pasture is available. An increased consumption of forage or roughage by sheep would require that we increase the number of sheep produced or change our production methods. Any considerable change in production methods would necessitate changes in general farm programs that are too complex to allow of discussion here.

Jones and co-workers (1932) of the Texas station, pointed the way to an increased use of grain sorghum forage in sheep rations by demonstrating the usefulness of this forage when properly supplemented with protein and calcium. Cox (1933) reports satisfactory results with sorgo fodder fed to fattening lambs when this was supplemented with protein and calcium. Minnesota (1934) reports similar results when the roughage fed was prairie hay. The Colorado and other western stations are responsible for a greatly increased use of sugar beet by-products for fattening lambs.