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highest average net profit was lot 8, fed corn stalks alone as the fodder 

 ration, while lot 4 receiving millet hay gave the smallest net profit per 

 lamb. 



It is also of interest to note the similarity in the average gain of the 

 lambs in lots 1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 9. The increased profit in case of corn 

 stalks and some other fodders was not due therefore to greater gains but 

 to smaller cost of food stuffs. While perhaps one ration may produce a 

 pound of gain as economically as others it may yet be an inferior ration for 

 fattening lambs because it fails to produce large gains. Any condition 

 which would cause a change in price of food stuffs would greatly alter the 

 results exhibited in this table. 



* Gain for two weeks. 



The above table shows, the average gain per lamb by weeks for each 

 lot, and both the average gain per lamb in each pen and the average gain 

 by weeks throughout the whole period for all the lots, also the average 

 weekly temperature. December 6 the lambs were dipped and owing to 

 the unfavorable weather were still damp on Monday morning the 9th, 

 which was the regular time for weighing, coosequently it was thought 

 best not to weigh until December 16, the gains recorded opposite that 

 date are therefore for two weeks. The gains were quite uniform from 

 week to week except in case of the week ending December 23, when there 

 was a decided loss in all but two pens. 



