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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Fattening range lambs (pp. 435-401). — A test was made with 120 

 Montana range lambs to learn whether such lambs could be profitably 

 fattened under ordinary farm conditions. After a preliminary period 

 of days, the test proper began November 10, 1890, and covered 84 

 days. The lambs weighed on an average 57.2 lbs. and cost in Montana 

 on an average $1.25 per head. Lot 1 was fed linseed cake, wheat 

 bran, corn, and oats 1:2:3:4; lot 2, oil cake, bran, barley, and oats in 

 the same proportions; lot 3, bran, linseed cake, barley, and oats in 

 the same proportions; lot 4, linseed cake and oats 1: 9. All the lambs 

 were given native hay in addition to the grain ration. They were fed 

 in sheds with yards. The financial statement is the same as in the 

 previous statement with the addition of bran at $0.50 per ton. The 

 .principal results are shown in the foUowiug table: 



Summary of results of feeding Montana range lambs. 



A second test, under practically the same conditions as the preceding 

 experiment, was made with 120 lambs divided into 4 lots of 30 each. 

 The test, which was preceded by a preliminary period of 7 days, began 

 November 8, 1897, and covered 112 days. The lambs weighed on an 

 average 55i lbs. when purchased. Lot 1 was fed linseed cake, wheat 

 bran, and oats 1:2:3:4; lot 2, linseed cake, bran, barley, and oats in 

 the same proportion; lot 3, bran, oats, and barley 3:3:4; lot 4, oil 

 cake, bran, and oats 1:2:7. In addition, all the lots were fed mixed 

 hay, in which clover predominated, and sorghum silage. The financial 

 statement is based on linseed cake at $22 per ton, wheat bran $7.50 

 per ton, corn 22 cts. per bushel of 50 lbs., barley 20 cts. per bushel of 

 48 lbs., oats 17 cts. per bushel of 32 lbs., mixed hay, clover, and tim- 

 othy $4, and sorghum silage $1.20 per ton. The results are summarized 

 in the following table: 



Summary of results of feeding Montana range lambs. 



