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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



12 cts., corn at 20 cts., and wheat at 54 cts. per bushel. The results for 

 each lot are shown in the following table : 



/Summary of sheep feeding experiment. 



Lot 1 (corn, oats, shorts, and linseed meal) 



Lot 2 (corn and oats) 



Lot 3 (oats and wheat) 



Lot 4 (oats and barley) 



Lot 5 (wheat and barley) 



Weight 

 at begin- 

 ning. 



Pounds. 

 587 

 602 

 600 

 570 

 582 



Gain in 

 weight. 



Pounds. 

 231 

 225 

 195 

 206 

 217 



Dry mat- 

 ter eaten 



per 



pound of 



gain. 



Pounds. 

 9.00 

 9.14 

 10.60 

 10.00 

 9.67 



Cost per 



pound of 



gain. 



Cents. 

 3.60 

 2.45 

 5.35 

 2.80 

 4.42 



Profit- per 

 lamb. 



Cents. 

 0.74 

 .94 

 .37 

 .91 

 .54 



During the test 1 lamb in lot 3 died. One lamb was therefore dropped 

 from all the other lots iu comparing the results, except in the figures 

 for profit per lamb. 



Among the conclusions reached were the following: The greatest 

 gains were made on the well-balanced ration fed to lot 1. The cheapest 

 gains were made by lot 2. 



Examination of the carcasses revealed the presence of two internal 

 parasites, Moniezia expansa and Thysanosoma actinioides. They did not 

 produce any definite effect on the condition of the sheep. 



Corn, cowpeas, and wheat bran for fattening pigs, J. F. Dug-gar 

 (Alabama College Sta. Bid. 82, pp. 359-379, pis. 2). — An experiment 

 was made with 12 Essex pigs from 2 litters to determine the relative 

 value of corn, cowpeas, and wheat bran. The pigs were about 5 months 

 old and weighed on an average 46.8 lbs. They were divided into 4 uni- 

 form lots. On August 26 they were taken from the pasture and for 21 

 days were fed 2 lbs. of shelled corn per head daily. During this period 

 the amount of food required per pound of gain for the different lots 

 was as follows: Lot 1,3.57 lbs.; lot 2,2.92 lbs.; lot 3, 3.32 lbs., and 

 lot 4, 3.14 lbs. 



After a preliminary period of one week to accustom the pigs to a 

 change in rations, the second period began September 23 and continued 

 16 weeks. Lot 1 was fed shelled corn, lot 2 cowpeas, lot 3 corn and 

 cowpeas 1:1, and lot 4 corn aud wheat bran 1:1. At first the corn 

 and cowpeas were fed whole, but later they were coarsely ground. The 

 pigs received all they would eat twice a day, and during the greater 

 part of the experiment they were given a mixture of sulphur, hard- 

 wood ashes, charcoal, aud iron sulphate. The digestible material in 

 the different rations fed was calculated. 



