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is in all cases recommended that balanced rations be fed. The 

 facts are that it is seldom possible to feed a balanced ration at 

 the same cost as a ration of corn and clover hay. It is, there- 

 fore, often less profitable to feed a well balanced ration than one 

 like corn and clover hay that is not narrow enough in its com- 

 position to be called a well balanced ration, but is nevertheless 

 sufficiently effective to produce good results and at a cost cheaper 

 than would be required to supply the narrower ration. Table 6 

 will show the results from several Experiment Stations from feed- 

 ing well balanced rations : 



TABLE VI. 



FATTENING SHEEP ON BALANCED RATION.-;. 



Jr 



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YEARLING SHROPSHIRE WETHERS. 

 Bred and fed by the Department of Animal Husbandry, University of Missouri. 



