Pattern for Range Supplements for Sheep
Pattern for Range Supplements for Sheep
---------------------% of Individual Feed--------------------- | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Supplement Group | Supplement Subgroup | Feedstuff (Suggested Maximum %) | High-Protein Diet | Medium-Protein Diet | Low-Protein Diet | |
Energy feeds | Grains | Barley 75 | 33 | 57.5 | ||
Corn 60 | 5 | 10 | 15 | |||
Wheat 60 | ||||||
Milo 60 | ||||||
Oats 15 | ||||||
Screenings No. 1 10 | ||||||
Mill feeds | Wheat mixed feed 10 | |||||
Shorts 10 | ||||||
Molasses 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 | |||
Beet pulp 10 | 10 | |||||
Protein supplements | 30%–40% Protein feeds | Cottonseed meal 75 | 62.5 | 32.5 | 5 | |
Linseed meal 25 | ||||||
Soybean meal 75 | 10 | 10 | ||||
Peanut meal 25 | ||||||
20%–30% Protein feeds | Corn gluten feed 15 | |||||
Corn distiller’s dried grains 10 | ||||||
Wheat distiller’s grains 10 | ||||||
Brewer’s dried grains 5 | ||||||
Safflower meal 25 | ||||||
Cull beans 15 | ||||||
Mineral supplements | Bone meal or defluorinated phosphate | 4 | 3 | 2 | ||
Dicalcium phosphate | 1 | 0.5 | 0.5 | |||
Disodium phosphate | ||||||
Monocalcium phosphate | ||||||
Monosodium phosphate | ||||||
Salt or trace mineralized salt | ||||||
Vitamin supplements | Dehydrated alfalfa meal 20 | 12.5 | 6 | |||
Sun-cured alfalfa meal 20 | ||||||
Vitamin A and carotene concentrates | ||||||
Total | 100 | 100 | 100 | |||
Suggested Composition | ||||||
Total crude protein (%) | 36 | 24 | 12 | |||
Phosphorus (%) | 1.5 | 1 | 0.5 | |||
Carotene (mg/kg) | 35 | 17 | — | |||
Rate of feeding (g/day)—ewes | 115 | 150–225 | 90–450 | |||