FOODS ANIMAL PRODUCTION. 



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lot 4 millet Lay, lot 5 clover hay and oat straw, lot G oat straw, lot 7 

 clover hay and cornstalks, lot 8 cornstalks, lot 1) clover hay and bean 

 straw, and lot 10 beau straw. The lambs were fed iu a barn Irom 

 troughs and racks. No attempt was nuide to compound rations of a 

 definite nutritive ratio. Lot 1 was taken as the standard and the other 

 lots were compared with this. The financial statement is based on 

 the following prices per ton: Corn $10.71, riita-l)agas$2.50, clover hay 

 $12, alfalfa $12, millet hay $10, oat straw $0, cornstalks $3, and l)eau 

 straw $7. 



The food consumed and gains made by each lamb lor each week of 

 the test are given in tabular form. The results are brietiy sninmarized 

 in the following table: 



Jie.siilts of fee din (J lambs. 



Lot 1 (corn, roots, and clover hay) 



Lot 2 (corn, roots, and alfalfa) . ' 



Lot 3 (corn, roots, clover hay, and mil- 

 let hay > , 



Lot 4 (corn, roots, and millet hay) 



Lot 5 (corn, roots, clover haj', and oat 

 struw) , 



Lot (j (corn, roots, and oat straw) 



Lot 7 (corn, roots, clover hay, and corn- 

 stalks ' 



Lot 8 (corn, roots, and cornstalks) 



Lot 9 (corn, roots, clover haj-, and beau 

 straw) 



Lot 10 (corn, roots, and bean straw) 



Average 

 weight 



at begin- 1 ,,.eio-ht 

 ning. ^^t-ioir 



Average 

 gain iu 



Total l^'y™"*-,. , lAvera-o 



Povnds. 

 75.2 

 74.0 



74.8 

 72.9 



7X4 

 73.9 



74.3 

 74.5 



■'ounda. 



32. 4 

 34.4 



33. 2 

 ■25.8 



31.7 

 28.5 



33.4 

 30.2 



32.3 

 29. C 



Po 



und.i. 

 , 327. 1 

 , 408. 2 



, 362. C 

 , 181. 9 



, 340. 4 

 , 374. 3 



,181.9 

 , 041. 4 



, 386. 9 

 , 501. (i 



Pounds. 

 7.18 

 7.16 



7.12 

 8.46 



7.38 

 8.33 



6.53 

 (■>. 76 



7.35 

 8.47 



Cents. 



48.8 

 47.7 



45. 6 

 52.2 



45.2 

 45.3 



39.9 

 35.8 



45.5 

 46.7 



.•fl.58 

 1.59 



1.68 

 1.46 



1.C6 

 1.67 



1.82 

 1.98 



1.67 

 1.64 



■ This lot was troubled with scours. 



The water consumed was recorded and found to be about 2 lbs. 

 per head daily. The amount of each feeding- stuff wasted was also 

 recorded. 



The following conclusions were drawn : Lambs can be profitably fat- 

 tened without clover hay, and alfalfa, millet hay, oat straw, cornstalks, 

 and bean straw may be substituted for it. A pound of gain was most 

 economically produced in this exi)eriment on a ration of com, roots, 

 and cornstalks. The least dry matter was recjuircd to produce a pound 

 of gain on a ration including cornstalks, and the greatest amount on 

 the millet hay ration. When clover hay was fed with the other feeding 

 stuffs less dry matter was required i>er i^ound of gain. This advantage 

 is not attributed to the clover hay, but to the fact that the ration was 

 more varied. 



Experiments in pig feeding, H. II. Dean (Oitfario A(/l. Colle(/c and 

 E.rptl. Farm Rpt. Js!jrj, pp. <i7, Oi<). — Thi.s is a continuation of work 

 previously reported (E. S. It., 7, p. 707). 



^^Jtim milk vn. sour inillc for (jroirn pUjs. — Two tests were made, the 

 first with 2 lots of and 7 Yorksliirc grailc pigs, weighing 008 lbs, and 

 1,007 lbs., respectively, and the second with 2 lots of and 8 Berkshire 



