204 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



quired 432 pounds of grain on the average for 100 pounds gain, 

 the larger part of the ration being shelled corn. At the Wisconsin 

 Station, pigs and lambs fed on skim milk with grain required for 

 the pigs 320 pounds of grain to make 100 pounds of gain, and the 

 lambs only 224 pounds. So when we compare the youngest ani- 

 mals fed for beef, pork and mutton, the sheep compare very favor- 

 ably with the others. 



TABLE III-^GRAIN REQUIRED FOR 100 POUNDS GAIN ON PASTURE. 



Under pasture conditions (see table III), we also have a few 

 experiments in which they were fed grain while on pasture. The 

 Missouri experiment required 830 pounds of grain to 100 pounds 

 of gain in the case of cattle; 398 pounds (several stations) in case 

 of hogs, and 245 pounds (Iowa) in case of sheep. 



I have made no mention of hogs following cattle, but that is 

 not always stated in the experimental results, but on the average 

 I suppose where 1,080 pounds of corn is required to make 100 

 pounds of beef, we ought to reduce it on this account to about 800 

 pounds, and where 912 pounds is fed, we ought to reduce it to, say, 

 about 725 pounds of grain to make 100 pounds gain — that is, sub- 

 tracting the amount of corn that may be utilized for the production 

 of pork. 



I shall, of course, eliminate all I intended to say about sheep 

 breeding. That subject has been very well covered by the gentle- 

 men who have already discussed it, and I shall confine myself ex- 

 clusively to the discussion of three or four methods of fattening 

 sheep. 



I shall have to assume, in the first place, that I am talking to 

 sheep feeders, and shall not stop to consider methods of handling 

 sheep in general, but only the feeding of some rations that have 

 been used with great profit in the production of mutton. These 

 facts which I shall present to you are the results of my own ex- 

 periments, and I give them to you because I know more about 

 them and am better acquainted with all the conditions surrounding 

 these particular feeding tests. 



One thing is certainly established in my mind regarding feed- 

 ing sheep, and that is, it is easily possible to keep them too warm. 

 We have demonstrated to my satisfaction that particularly fatten- 



