EXPERIMENT STATION BULLETINS 



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Tablk III. — Summary of food consumed and dry matter. 



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1 



2 

 3 



4 

 5 



6 

 7 



8 

 » 



10 



DietingaiehiDg rations. 



Corn, roots and clover 

 hay 



Corn, roots and al- 

 falfa 



Corn, roots, clover hay 

 and millet hay 



Corn, roots and millet 

 hay 



Corn, roots, clover hay 

 oat straw 



Corn, roots and oat 

 stravf 



Corn, roots, clover hay 

 and corn stalks 



Corn, roots and corn 

 stalks - 



Corn, roots, clover hay 

 and bean straw -- 



Corn, roots and bean 

 straw 



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IS 



2,017 



2,381.75 



1,986.75 



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9 =1 



C b O 

 O ©Qj 



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0^2 



2,327.07 



2,462.18 

 2,362.56 



1,869.25 2,18196 



1,972 25 



1,964.25 

 1,912 



1.98975 

 2,016 



2,227.75 



2,340 40 



2,374.28 



2,181.88 



2,041.36 

 2,386.93 



2,501 63 



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a-0 



bi d 

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 <w ft 



d-d 



d t--S 

 9 CO 



7.182 

 7.157 

 7.116 



8.457 

 7.382 



8.330 

 6.532 



6.758 

 7.352 



8.472 



* Clover hay. 

 + Millet hay. 

 X Oat straw. 

 li Corn stalks. 

 § Bean straw. 



The amount of corn and roots fed to the various lota was practically the 

 same though each lot was fed what they, in the jadgooient of the feeder, 

 required. Where clover hay was fed with some other fodder it was fed at 

 night and the other fodder in the morning. The total amount of clover 

 hay fed in this way to lots 3, 5, 7 and 9 was within a very few pounds the 

 same. Knowing these facts, comparisons between the different fodders 

 become all the more valuable as no one can attribute the good results 

 obtained to the increased amount of grain or roots fed to any particular 

 lot. 



Speaking in general terms the lambs drank an average of about two 

 pounds of water each per day. The column showing the total amount of dry 



