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on the Kansas City market. (Fig. 1.) They showed a pre- 

 dominance of fine wool blood. 



Figure 1. Showing the type of ewes used in the experiment. 



Lot 1 consisted of 17 of these ewes which proved to be with 

 lamb when purchased. The sire of these Iambs was a "scrub" 

 ram. 



Lot 2 consisted of 17 ewes comparable in every respect to 

 those in lot 1 except that they were not pregnant. The ewes in 

 the two lots were as uniform as to size, quality and condition as 

 was possible to select them. The ewes of lot 2 were bred to the 

 Hampshire ram shown in Fig. 2. This ram was a medium 

 priced individual, which any sheep breeder could afford to use 

 on grade ewes. As seen from the cut, this ram lacks breed 

 character and shows only average mutton type. He was a 

 large framed, growthy yearling and weighed 215 pounds in a 

 thin condition of flesh at the end of the breeding season. A 

 ram of this type and quality can be purchased for $30 or $35. 



Feed for Ewes. — The ewes in both lots were fed the same 

 rations from the time they arrived at the Experiment Station, 

 September 29, 1911, until the close of the experiment in June. 

 All the ewes were kept on blue grass pasture from September 

 29th to November 29th. The grass was short on account of 

 the extremely dry summer of 1911. 



The ewes were fed in dry lots on clover hay from Novem- 

 ber 29th to December 9th. From December 9th until lambing 

 time the ewes were used for another experiment, which made 

 it necessary to feed both lots on several different rations. 



