DlVISlOy OF AMMAL insnAXDHY 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Average, Three Years' Lamb feeding Experiments. 



441 



Lot I. 



Xuiiiber of lambs or yearlingb in lot at beginning "of 



])eriod . 



Xunibf-r of lambs or j'earlings in lot at end of period 



Xiiinber of days in experiment 



Total weight at brgmning cf experiment I^b. 



Average weight at beginning of exi)eriment. . . n 

 'i'dtal wo'glit at lieginnir.g of experiment after 



deducting weight of loss i 



Total weight at end of experiment n 



Ciain for pei-iod i 



(Jain i)er head for period n 



Gain per head per day n 



t^nantity of meal eaten by lot for period i 



C^uantitj' of screenings eaten by lot for period.. „ 

 <,^u intiiy of alfalfa hay eaten by lot for period. « 



C^iiantity of roots eaten by lot for period u 



C/Uiuitity of .salt eaten by lot for period .. 



Total cost of feed S 



Cost of feed eaten by the 49, IGSS, 48, 40 67, 



48 07, and 47, resjjectively S 



Cost of feed i)er head for period ... $ 



Cost of feed per head per day Cts. 



Cost to produce one pound gain « 



Original cost of sheep $ 



Original cost ]:lus cost of feed $ 



Original cost plus cost of shearing and cost of 



feed.. S 



Selling price S 



Net profit on group $ 



Net proiit per head $ 



*49-5 



40 



V2C, 



4,037 



93-7 



4,.o90 

 5,093 

 1,304 

 28-4 

 •23 

 5,514 



l.'?,.'^75 



0,114 



52 



149-87 



149 23 



3 05 



2 42 



10 71 



214-38 



363 fil 



406-80 

 43 19 



Lot II. !Lot III. 



47 



40-33 



121 



3,418 



72-7 



3,308 

 4,966 

 1,598 

 34-5 

 -29 

 5,400 



49 33 



48 



140 



3,060 



74-2 



3,504 

 4,822 

 1,2.58 

 20 2 

 19 

 1,476 



9,921 

 8,733 



14,849 

 12,730 



320-55 



47-70 



1-03 



278 02 



325 73 



47-11 



•98 



Lot IV.lLot V. 



Lot VL 



50 



49 07 



121 



3.739 



74-8 



3,713 

 5,180 

 1,407 

 29-5 

 •24 

 5,747 



11,447 



35 

 122-51 



122 04 



2-46 



203 



8-32 



165 94 



287 S8 



40 ,33 



4S-07 



121 



3,686 



74-7 



3,640 



5,018 



1.378 



28-3 



-23 



92 



6,303 



11,038 



34 

 84 18 



84-14 



1-73 



1-43 



6 11 



101 09 



245-83 



334-04 



46-66 



•94 



324 88 



79 05 



1-02 



49-33 



47 



140 



3,701 

 75 



3,531 

 4,012 

 1,111 

 23 

 -17 

 3,070 



15.842 



34 

 111 52 



108-91 

 2 32 

 1 06 



80 

 156-58 

 265 49 



200-87 



314-01 



4714 



1 00 



*This lot has only been fed two years. 



SOME DEDUCTIONS. 



As the prime object of the tests was to get some idea as to the price that could be 

 obtained for alfalfa hay when fed to lambs, the figures given below will be of interest. 

 The meal, roots, and screenings are charged at the price? mentioned, and all the i)rnfit 

 is credited to alfalfa hay. The cost of labour is omitted, for the amount involved in 

 experimental feeding when such small lots are fed in each case is so much greater 

 than would be the case when a farmer would be feeding on a more extensive scale, 

 that it is hardly comparable. However, it miglit be safe to assume that it would not 

 be much greater than the cost of baling and delivering to cars in ca>e a farmer \va3 

 selling his hay outright. 



Price obtained for alfalfa hay when all the profit is credited to it : — 



Gioup. 



I 

 II 



I'l . 



IV . 

 V . 



VI . 



Alfalfa hay per ton. 

 $19 85 

 22 80 

 18 90 

 21 99 

 29 86 

 IS 25 



$131 65 



Average price. 



$21 95 



The average price obtained for alfalfa hay when computed in the same manner 

 for the past three years for all lots fed is $19.49 per ton. 



VALUE OF ROOTS. 



The relatively small increase in gains of the lots fed roots would indicate that 

 under our conditions it is not particularly profitable to raise them for this purpose. 



LETIIBRlDtiE 



