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Eleventh Annual Report, 

 SHEEP FEEDING. 



On Feb. 15th forty head of yearling range wethers were pur- 

 chased: they were of mixed breeding and weighed a trifle under 

 62 lb. per head; they had been running on short alfalfa pasture 

 and had been recently shorn. 



The sheep were divided for experimental feeding into five 

 lots, each containing eight of apparently equal thrift, and were fed. 

 in small yards without shade or shelter. Before the feeding trial 

 they were fed alfalfa hay and cured second crop Kaffir corn with 

 practically no seed, two lots getting sugar beets in addition, it be- 

 ing found necessary to teach them to like beets. 



The feeding trial lasted four weeks, from March 5th to April 

 2nd, during which time the different lots were fed as follows: 



Lot I was given 40 lb. of sugar beets, chopped and fed in 

 shallow troughs, and 20 lb. of alfalfa hay daily. There was some 

 waste of hay but it was not weighed back. 



Eot II was given 401b. of sugar beets and 20 lb. of sorghum 

 daily and the sorghum stalks not eaten were weighed back. 



Lot III had 40 lb. of alfalfa hay daily. 



Eot IV was fed 40 lb. of sorghum and the wasted sorghum 



weighed back. 



Eot V was fed 10 lb. of alfalfa hay per day and 30 lb. ot 



sorghum, the sorghum not eaten being weighed back. 



The following table shows the amounts of feed eaten by the 



different lots and the gains made: 



While one should refrain from drawing conclusions from the 

 results of such a limited experiment, the above figures may offer 

 some significant suggestions: 



