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(3) Dried beet pulp, 4 pounds; bran, 2 pounds; linseed meal, 1 pound. 



(4) Dried molasses-beet-pulp, 3 pounds; linseed meal, 1 pound. 

 (5j Dried beet pulp, 3 pounds; linseed meal, 1 pound. 



So far as we could determine absolutely' no undesirable conditions 

 arose during tliis feeding trial to in any way interfere with the accuracy 

 of the results. Further work along these lines would seem to be justi- 

 fiable. 



On June 1, 1904, eighteen yearling high-grade wethers were purchased 

 for feeding purposes. These consist of six coarse wools (Lincolns), six 

 medium wools (Shropshires), and six fine wools (Rambouillets). Each 

 division of six has been divided into two lots of three each, one receiving 

 a ration with a narrow nutritive ratio, the other being wide. The plan 

 is to compare the various types as regards economical mutton produc- 

 tion and also to study the effect of wide vs. narrow rations on economical 

 production and quality of meat. 



DAIRY CATTLE. 



The lines of work mentioned in a previous report were continued dur- 

 ing the year but results will*tiot be available until the end of the present 

 period of lactation. The first of a series of tests to determine the rela- 

 tive feeding values of dried beet pulp and dried molasses-beet-pulp for 

 the dairy cow has been completed. This test should be repeated a num- 

 ber of times before accurate conclusions can be drawn. 



SHEEP. 



During the preceding year two lots of wethers and two lots of lambs 

 were used in feeding tests to determine the value of dried beet pulp 

 when added to a grain ration for the fattening wether and lamb. Since 

 that time dried molasses-beet-pulp has been put on the market in large 

 quantities. As a result five lots of lambs of eighteen each were fed 

 during the year to determine: (1) The relative feeding values of dried 

 beet pulp and corn; (2) the feeding value of dried beet pulp used in con- 

 junction with grain rations and (3) the relative feeding values of dried 

 beet pulp and dried molasses-beet-pulp. 



SWINE. 



Last year it was not possible to accomplish much in experimental 

 work with swine owing to the fact that the equipment, both building 

 and fencing, was incomplete. A series of investigations are now in 

 progress with forage crops duplicating those v/hich were grown and used 

 last year. 



ANGORA GOATS. 



The purchase of Angora goats for feeding purposes was mentioned in 

 our last report. The proposed feeding trials were interrupted by an out- 

 break of disease soon after the goats arrived from the west. The disease 

 did not yield to treatment and has been identified as Lakosis a goat dis- 

 ease which has caused large losses in the west. During the past season 

 the survivors were placed on cut-over timber land east of the College 

 farm, where the second growth was very thick and several feet high. 



