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TABLE VI. — FEED CONSUMED BY EWES FROM LAMBING UNTIL TURNED 



TO PASTURE. 



Lot I. 

 Ewes bred to 

 inferior ram. 



Lot II. 

 Ewes bred to 

 superior ram. 



Average number of days on feed in dry lot 



Total pounds of hay eaten 



Total pounds of grain eaten 



Total pounds of hay eaten per ewe 



Total pounds of grain eaten per ewe 



Average daily ration of hay per ewe 



Average daily ration of grain per ewe .... 



84.50 



3,746.50 



1,211.25 



220.38 



71.25 



2.608 



.843 



55.61 



,341.50 



858.50 



137.70 



50.50 



2.476 



.908 



The greatest factor affecting the difference in the profits of 

 the two lots is the selling prices of the lambs, the lambs of lot I 

 selling for $4.50 per 100 pounds at the National Stock Yards, 

 East St. Louis, 111., while those of lot II brought $7.35 per 100 

 pounds. The difference in the prices of these two lots is due 

 to the quality and conformation of the lambs. 



FIGURE 5. REPRESENTATIVE LAMB SIRED BY MUTTON RAM. 



SIDE VIEW. 



The kind that sold for $7.35 per 100 pounds. This ty pe of Iamb will dress out a high 

 per cent of carcass and the carcass will be of good quality. 



