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STATE BOARD OF AGRIOtFLTURB. 



SERIES A. RATION EXPERIMENTS WITH EWE LAMBS. 



For the 75 Day Period, Jan. 8th, 1919 to March 23rd, 1919, Inch 



The experimental evidence here submitted would indicate that ewe lambs 

 would make just as profitable gains with barley in the ration as they would 

 with corn. The average daily gain and the average daily feed consumed are 

 more reliable indexes to the relative worth of these two feeds than are the 

 cash values assigned. The cash value will fluctuate from time to time as the 

 market demand fluctuates for these commodities. Another important angle 

 to this experiment is the fact that only a very few, if any. Upper Peninsula 

 farmers can produce corn for grain, while abundant crops of barley are grown 

 in every section of the territory. 



Series B : — The breeding ewes were separated into five lots and an ex- 

 periment conducted to determine the relative values of silage, roots, bran, 

 and dried beet pulp in the ration. 



Lot 1 received silage, oats and hay. 



Lot 2, received roots, oats and hay. 



I-ot 3, received bran, oats, and hay. 



Lot 4, received dried beet pulp, oats and hay. 



Lot 5, received only hay and was used as a check on cost of wintering. 



Lot 1-4, received }i pound daily of oats and all the hay they would eat. 



