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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Experiments in sheep fattening, J. Crude (Aarsber. Offent. For- 

 anst. Fremnie, 1897, pp. 282-290). — The tests were conducted on the 

 same general plan as the earlier experiments carried on by the author 

 with government aid (E. S. R., 5, p. 919; 8, p. 154; 9, p. 1075). The 

 following table shows the principal results: 



Results of sheep-feeding experiments, 189^. 



Wethers 



Do 



Ewes 



Do 



Wethers 



Lambs 



Totals ami 

 averages . 



In- 

 crease 

 in live 

 weight. 



Per ct. 

 15.0 

 16.3 

 16.0 

 12.9 

 9.8 

 10.3 



— F. W. WOLL. 



Establishing a flock of mutton sheep, J. A. Craig ( Wisconsin 

 Sta. Ept. 1897, pp. 50-55, Jigs. 3). — The author discusses the require- 

 ments for a flock of mutton sheep. The most important considerations 

 in his opinion are good rams and ewes that are deep milkers and suckle 

 their lambs well and have the densest fleeces for their own protection. 



" It matters little if a ewe is not as nicely rounded in form as she might be. If 

 she is a good milker, she deserves the premier position in the flock. . . . The feeding 

 of the ewe lambs that are to furnish the new material for the flock should be liberal 

 in every sense of the word. Feed them liberally on oats and see that they get the 

 best pasturage that it is possible to secure for them, and it will be found surprising 

 how lusty they will grow during the first 9 months of their lives." 



Uniformity in the lambs raised is deemed an important requisite. 



"To secure this it should be an axiom for every flock master to never sell or dis- 

 pose of a ram that proves to be a valuable breeder as well as a getter of superior 

 lambs. Such a ram should be permanently retained at the head of the flock, and 

 bred to the same ewes year after year as long as it is possible to do so." 



Whole corn compared with corn meal for pig feeding, W. A. 

 Henry ( Wisconsin Sta. Rpt. 1897, pp. 29-36). — The author quotes in 

 some detail 2 experiments in 1896 on this subject (E. S. R., 9, p. 580), 

 and reports 2 additional experiments made in 1897. The flrst trial in 

 1897 was with 2 lots of 9 Poland China-Chester White pigs each. 

 They were all straight bodied, strong boned, and well built, with vigor- 

 ous constitutions. They had been pastured on rape or grass and given 

 grain, and were in rather high condition at the beginning of the trial. 

 Lot 1 was fed a ration consisting of shelled corn and wheat middlings 2 : 1. 

 The shelled corn was fed in a trough and when consumed the wheat 

 middlings was fed mixed with water. Lot 2 was fed corn meal and 

 wheat middlings 2 : 1. The test covered 12 weeks. Lot 1 weighed 1,907 



