488 Missouri Agricultural Report. 



6. The average daily rations for the two lots of ewes were 

 about the same. Lot I required more feed because ewes re- 

 quire more feed when suckling lambs than pregnant ewes, and 

 the lambs of lot I on an average were 28.89 days older than those 

 of lot II. 



7. Lambs sired by the good ram sold for $7.35 per 100 

 pounds while those sired by inferior rain, brought only $4.50 per 



. 100 pounds. 



8. The lambs of lot II were thicker fleshed, smoother, 

 broader in back and lighter in the pelts than those of lot I. 



PREPARATION OF CORN FOR FATTENING LAMBS. 



(John M. Evvard, formerly of Missouri; now assistant cliief in animal husbandry, Iowa 

 Agricultural College and Experiment Station.) 



Is it profitable to shell or grind the corn which is fed to 

 fattening lambs? How about corn and cob meal? Should 

 one feed the same preparation during the whole period or change 

 it, aiming always to keep the "feed a little bit better than the 

 lambs? Does the cob whem ground have a feeding value? 

 These were some of the questions we sought to answer when we 

 undertook the investigation regarding the best way in which 

 to prepare corn for the lambs we are preparing for market. 



The relative efficiency of the different preparations has 

 been tested in two separate years. The results are quite im- 

 pressive, in that they demonstrate that there is a right and a 

 wrong way to prepare corn when feeding same to young growing 

 sheep. 



Some 300 lambs were fed in the experimental lots in the 

 year 1913-14. To place the practical figures of this trial 

 definitely before you we present Table I. 



