REPORT OF THE AGRICULTURIST 79 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Table 2. — Lamb Feeding Experiment. 

 (Summary — 27 lambs.) 



First weight, three lots, 27 lambs lbs. 2,860 



Average first weight " 106 



Kate of gain per day, average " -269 



Final weight of whole lot " 3,759-5 



Final weight, average " 139 



Cost of feeding 27 lambs, 124 days $ TO 23 



Total gain in period lbs. 899-5 



Cost of 1 lb. gain for whole lot cts. 7-8 



Amount of various kinds of feed consumed for 1 lb. gain live weight during 124 

 days : — 



Bran ]. s. 1-50 



Oats • 1-50 



Oil cake « -75 



Hay ' « 5-76 



Turnips " 5-96 



Ensilage " 4-98 



Amount dry matter consumed for one pound gain during 



period " 9-83 



Table 3. — Lamb Feeding Experiment. 

 (Table of weights and gains). 



Date of Weighing. 



December 7, 1910. 

 22 .. . 



January 



11 

 lYbruary 



March 



April 



5. 1911. 



19 ,. . 



2 „ . 



16 M . 



2 .. . 



16 M . 



30 >, , 



9 ., 



Average. 



Loss. 



