Live Stock Breeders' Association. 



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EXPERIMENTS IN FATTENING LAMBS. 



10 lambs in each lot. 



Roughage ration, clover hay. 



No. 



of 



Lot 



Distinguishing rations. 



Grain, 

 lbs. 



Hay, 

 lbs. 



Roots 

 Ruta- 

 bagas, 

 lbs. 



Total 



gain, 



lbs. 



Average 



weekly 



gain, 



lbs. 



Cost of 



one lb. 



gain, 



cts. 



Dry 



matter 



for one 



lb. gain, 



lbs. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



6. 



7. 



8. 



9. 

 10. 

 11. 

 12. 

 13. 

 14. 

 15. 

 16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 

 22. 

 23. 

 24. 



25. 

 26. 



27. 



Corn (shelled) 



Oats 



Bran 



Corn A, oats § (Wt) 



Corn \, Bran £ (Wt) 



Oats A, Bran £ (Wt) 



Corn J, oats 3 , Bran 3 (weight) 



Roots (Rutabagas) 



Silage 



Self feed, corn J, oats 3 and bran 3 . 



Corn 



Corn and Roots 



Corn ", linseed meal I and roots.. . . 



Corn » and linseed meal J 



Corn i, and bran J 



Wheat * and corn A 



Wheat 1 and linseed meal | 



Corn (self feed) 



Corn J and bran £ (self feed) 



Corn i and wheat J, (outdoors). . . . 



Corn § and wheat A, (indoors) 



Corn • . 



Wheat 



Corn J and wheat f (lambs sheared 



December 1 ) 



Sugar beets 



Corn, wheat, oats and bran (self 



feed) 



Corn and wheat 



1,757 

 1 , 963 

 1,779 

 1,735 

 1,973 

 1,957 

 1 , 968 

 1,173 

 1,173 

 2,120 

 1,579 

 1,612 

 1,716 

 1,735 

 1,703 

 1.4S5 

 1 , 530 

 1,506 

 1.83S 

 1,196 

 1,164 

 1,208 

 1,201 



1,266 

 *5,6S5 



1,460 

 1,232 



1,675 



1,694 



1,728 



1,711 



1.69S 



1,722 



1,654 



1,220 



987 



52S 



1,097 



964 



967 



1,158 



1,124 



1,118 



1,147 



961 



959 



1,087 



1,173 



1,142 



1,199 



1,336 

 1,181 



924 

 1,209 



190 

 190 



1,190 



1,190 

 1,190 

 1,190 

 1,190 

 6,706 

 *4,504 

 1,360 



2 , 720 

 2,675 



443 

 379 

 242 

 436 

 358 

 361 

 387 

 393 

 384 

 260 

 328 

 397 

 392 

 357 

 267 

 295 

 291 

 24S 

 237 

 205 

 230 

 233 

 217 



161 

 116 



206 

 249 



2.6 



2.2 



1.4 



2.6 



2.1 



2.1 



2.3 



1.7 



1.7 



2.17 



2.18 



2.64 



2.61 



2.38 



1.78 



1.97 



1,94 



1.65 



1.5S 



1.57 



1.77 



1.80 



1.67 



1.24 



.89 



1.58 

 1.91 



4.5 



7.1 



8.25 



5.1 



6.0 



6.7 



5.8 



7.7 



6.3 



8.0 



4.6 



4.6 



5.3 



5.1 



6.0 



5.4 



6.3 



5.5 



6.8 



6.8 



0.1 



5.4 



7.5 



9.9 



8.7 



7.6 

 5.9 



6.95 

 8.68 



12.9 

 7.11 

 9.14 

 9.13 

 8.37 

 9.23 



10.01 

 9.45 

 7.02 

 6.41 

 6.72 

 6.99 

 9.13 

 7.64 

 8.04 

 S.57 



10.03 

 9.65 

 8.77 

 S.12 

 9.56 



13.97 

 15.60 



10.04 

 8.43 



*Silage. 

 *Sugar beets. 





SHELTER FOR FATTENING SHEEP. 



Experiments at this station and elsewhere have clearly demon- 

 strated that warm barns for fattening sheep are not desirable. Sheep 

 are naturally well protected, and the effect of dry cold is rather a 

 tonic than otherwise. It certainly is not true that fattening sheep 

 require more feed per pound of gain in cold weather than in warm 

 weather. One of the experiments in the series summarized in the 

 table was undertaken for the express purpose of investigating the 

 effect of feeding fattening sheep that were kept in a closed pen 

 open to the south, in a barn with windows open on the south, as 

 compared with another lot of lambs fed exactly the same ration 

 but permitted the run of a large yard in connection with similar 

 shelter. Lot 20, in the table, was permitted the run of a large 



