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EXPiJli I MENTAL FARMS 



2 GEORGE V., A. 1912 

 Table 4. — Lamb Feeding Experiment. 



General Statejiemt. — Turnips vs. Corn Ensilage as Succulent Feed for Fattening 



Lambs. 



Number of lambs in lot 



iS umber of days in experiment 



Total weight at beginning of experiment lbs, 



Total weight at end of experiment n 



Gain per period i 



Gain per head n 



Gain per head per day n 



Quantity of meal eaten by lot for period h 



Quantity of clover hay eaten by lot for period .... ■■ 



Quantity of roots (turnips) eaten by lot for period n 



Quantity of ensilage (corn) eaten by lot for period .... ■■ 



Total cost of feed $ 



Cost of feed per head n 



Cost of feed per head per day . . cts 



Cost to produce one pound gain h 



Original cost of sheep at 6 '25 cents per lb. live weight . $ 



Original coet of sheep plus cost of feed ■■ 



Sold at 7 '50 cents per lb. live weight. 



N&k profit on lot ■ 



Net profit per lamb » 



Lot 1. 



9 



121 



953 



1221 



263 



30 



1127 

 1728 

 3496 



■24 



23 63 



263 



211 



8-8 



59 56 



83 19 



9157 



838 



•93 



Lot 2. 



9 



124 



953 



1,281 



328 



36* 



1,127 



*728 



29 



2,939 



23 



2 



2 



7 



59 

 82 

 96 

 13 

 1 



04 

 56 

 06 

 03 

 56 

 66 

 07 

 41 

 49 



Lot 3. 



9 

 124 

 954 



l,257i 

 303.t 



m 



"27 



1,127 

 1,728 

 1,866 

 1,570 . 

 2356 

 262 

 2 11 

 7 76 

 5!) 62 

 S3 18 

 943L 

 11-13 

 123 



Table 5. — Lamb Feeding Experiment. 

 Some Scientific Findings in Connection Therewith. 



Compared with the results obtained last year, ensilage as against turnips showed 

 up to better advantage. Whereas last year the cost to produce one pound gain was 10 

 cents with turnips and 9 cents with ensilage, this year the gain with turnips cost 8-8 

 cents per pound, and with ensilage 7-03 cents per pound. Both these tests, therefore, 

 indicate superiority of ensilage over turnips for fattening lambs, and, while the results 

 representing the difference may not be taken as final, it is quite evident that ensilage 

 can be profitably used as a part of the roughage ration. 



