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weight was selling- at. Sheep may be called steady and lambs a shade 

 higher, due more to snow storm which is likely to shorten the supply. 



"Swope, Hughes, Waltz & Benstead." 



7. The results of this set of experiments show^ that any of the follow- 

 ing- fodders may be substituted in the ration of fattening^ lambs in the 

 place of clover hay : 



1. Alfalfa. By feeding- to each lamb an average of 1 .3 pounds of 

 alfalfa per day, with corn and roots, the lambs so fed gained an average 

 of 2.45 pounds per week, or 34.4 pounds during the whole period of 14 

 weeks. This lot made a little better gain than any other lot in the 

 experiment. 



2. Millet hay. More care is necessary in feeding millet hay to fatten- 

 ing lambs than any other coarse fodder. Unless fed in small quanti- 

 ties it induces scours. Each lamb in the lot receiving millet hay was 

 fed an average of .9 of a pound per day throughout the feeding^ period 

 and gained 25.8 pounds per lamb. 



3. Oat strata. Lambs fed on oat straw as the fodder part of the 

 ration consumed an average of 1.25 pounds per lamb per day. The 

 average total gain of each lamb was 28.5 pounds or 2.03 pounds per 

 week. The results of this experiment seemed to indicate that the 

 value of oat straw in the fodder ration of fattening" lambs has been 

 hitherto underrated. 



4. Com stalks. The principal objection to feeding corn stalks to 

 lambs is that when fed in the bundle from r.acks, the l/imbs Avaste a 

 large per cent of the fodder. The only satisfactoi^ method of feeding- 

 them is in racks after they have been cut in a cutting- box or ensilage 

 machine. The stalks fed in this experiment were cut with an ordin- 

 ary ensilage cutter and fed from racks. The average daily ration of 

 this fodder was 1.18 pounds for each of the lO lambs. Each lamb in 

 the lot receiving corn stalks as the fodder ration gained an average of 

 2.15 pounds per week or 30.2 pounds for the w^hole period. Such 

 flattering results should make every sheep feeder value his corn stalks 

 highly, and induce him to take every possible precaution to properly 

 preserve them. 



5. Bean straw. This experiment substantiates a general opinion 

 that bean straw is a good substitute for clover hay. An averag-e feed 

 of 1.33 pounds of bean straAV, together with the roots and corn, 

 produced an average gain of 2.11 pounds per day for 14 weeks or a 

 total gain of 29.6 pounds for each lamb. 



