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and 5 were fed all the grain they would eat up clean, and lot 2 was fed 

 with a self feeder. The lambs had free access to salt. The financial 

 statements are based on hay at $0, wheat screenings at $9, oil cake at 

 $26 per ton, and wheat at 47.6 cts. per bushel. 



In a preliminary test, which lasted from October 29 to the beginning of 

 the test i^roper and was made under the same conditions, the lambs con- 

 sumed 644 lbs. of hay, 909 lbs. of screenings, 192 lbs. of wheat, and 

 122 lbs. of oil cake. From the time of arrival at the station until the 

 begiuniiig of the preliminary test the lambs were pastured and given 

 some food in addition. The total cost was estimated at $3. 



The feeding experiment was divided into 4 periods of about a month 

 each. Tables are given which show the food consumed during each 

 period. The average amount of food consumed per animal daily during 

 the whole test, the gain made, and cost of gain are shown in the follow- 

 ing table: 



Food consumed, gain in weight, and cost of gain by lambs. 



The lambs were sold in Chicago for $209.40, yielding a profit of 

 $24.79. The average shrinkage in weight per animal during transpor- 

 tation was 3.5 lbs. 



Among the conclusions drawn from the test are the following: 



"The average gain made by the lambs in this experiment was 9.22 lbs. per month, 

 and without any succulent food, as, for instance, silage or field roots. . . . 



" Lambs do not gain so rapidly in cold weather as when the temperature is moder- 

 ate, notwithstanding the greater consumption of food. 



'' The greatest profit was obtained from the lambs which were fed a limited grain 

 ration of wheat screenings and oil cake, and which were allowed liberty of access 

 to shelter at will; next to these come the lambs fed under cover; and the least 

 profit arose from the lambs to whicli wheat and oil cake were fed, . . . 



"Prompt marketing as soon as good gains cease to be made is'important. . . . 



" A grain ration of Avheat and oil cake, though well adapted to short periods of 

 feeding, is not well adapted to prolonged jieriods. Oil cake is a more suitable grain 

 food for lengthened periods of feeding. 



"Any one of the methods adopted in fattening lambs may be expected to succeed 

 at least fairly well when due attention is given to the work." 



Results of feeding beet leaves, K. Z\mTZ (Chem. Ztc/., 20 {1S96), No. 

 52, jj. 513). — At a meeting of the Union for Beet-Sugar Industry in the 

 German Empire the following report was made on experiments on the 

 above subject : 



The investigation was limited to a study of the ijoisonous properties 



