436 



Composition of feeding stuffs, F. W. Woll, M. S. (pp. 215- 

 223). — A popular discussion of the constitueuts of feeding stuffs, aiul of 

 Wolff's f«MMUng staudards, togetber witli a table taken from tlie auuual 

 report of the Connecticut State Station for 1888, showing the average 

 composition of American feeding stuffs. 



Wisconsin Station, Seventh Annual Report, 1890 (pp. 280). 



Eepoet op dikegtor, W. a. Henry, B. Agr. (pp. 1-3). — Brief 

 general statements regarding the work of the station. 



In memoriam (pp. 4-G). — A brief account, by H. C. Adams, of the 

 life and work of Hon. Hiram Smith, of Sheboygan Falls, Wisconsin, 

 who, as regent of the University of Wisconsin for 12 years, did much to 

 promote the interests of the agricultural depai^tmeut of the university 

 and the experiment station. " The Wisconsin £armers' institutes came 

 as the outgrowth of his thought; to them he gave a gratuitous and 

 splendid service." 



Experiments with sheep, W. A. Henry, B. Agr. (pp. 7-20). 



Lambs fed on milk and grain (pp. 12-14). — This experiment was made 

 to observe the amount of food required to produce 100 pounds of live 

 increase with lambs, and to compare the cost of gain in lambs and in pigs. 



Four lambs were taken from their mothers when about 10 days old, and fed whole 

 milk from a bottle four times daily for 21 days. Dnriug this time they consumed 226 

 pounds of whole milk, gaining 39 pounds, or nearly half a pound each daily. At this 

 rate it would require bTd pounds of whole milk for 100 pounds of gain. Whole milk has 

 sold as low as 30 cents per hundred pounds this sunnner at Western creameries, but valu- 

 ing it at (!0 cents, a fair summer price, the cost of 100 pounds of gain would be $3.47. 



The lambs were next put on sweet skim-milk, and fed oats with green clover and 

 green fodder corn. For the first period of 28 days they drank 424 pounds of sweet 

 skim-milk and ate 14 pounds of oats and 32 pounds of green clover, gaining 53 

 pounds, or nearly half a pound each daily. At this rate 800 pounds of sweet skim- 

 milk, with 26 pounds of oats and 60 pounds of green food, would make 100 pounds of 

 gain. Valuing skim-milk at 25 cents per hundred pounds, oats at 80 cents per hundred 

 pounds, or about 26 cents per bushel, and green corn and clover at .|2 per ton, the 

 food would cost $2.30 for 100 pounds of gain. In subsequent periods the cost increased 

 gradually as more grain was consumed. In September the cost ran up to |4.50 per 

 hundred pounds gain. During the last period in September and October, after the 

 milk was withdrawn, the cost was $4.06 per 100 pounds gain. During this period 

 some hay was fed, which was charged at the rate of $6 per ton. 



Food required for 100 pounds of gain with lambs and with pigs. 



With lambs. 



With jjigs before weaning. . 

 With piga after weaning . . . 



Sweet milk. 



Pounds. 



(ir,4 

 964 



.Sweet 

 skim-milk. 



Pounds. 

 800 

 913 



O.ats. 



Pounds. 

 26 

 64 



Corn meal. 



Pounds. 



Corn meal 

 and shorts. 



Pounds. 



Green 



fodder corn 



and green 



clover. 



Pounds. 

 60 

 131 



"It will be seen that the lambs show up exceedingly well in this 

 comparison." 



