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EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



Feeding experiments with slurp (pp. 30-38).— In 1895-'96 a test of 90 

 days' duration was made with 220 lambs, divided into lots of about 35 

 each. t<> compare barley, corn, wheat, beets, and a mixture of barley 

 and corn. All the grains were fed ground. Few details of the experi- 

 ment arc recorded and only the results for barley are reported. 



Results of sheep-feeding experiments, 1895-96. 



Wheat and common barley have given practically the same results, 

 as have also common barley and corn, there being a slight difference 

 in favor of the corn. Barley and corn fed separately gave somewhat 

 better results than when fed together. 



During the winter of 1896-'97 a test, covering 179 days, was made 

 with 440 lambs divided into 10 practically equal lots. All the lots were 

 fed alfalfa hay, and one lot also received silage. The grains used were 

 common barley, bald barley, and corn, fed ground and ungrouud. The 

 test was divided into 4 periods, of 47, 92, 21, and 20 days, respectively. 

 During the first period lots 1 to 4 were given hay only, and lots 5 to 

 10 received a small amount of grain in addition to hay. In the second 

 period all the lots were fed grain in amounts not exceeding a pound. 

 In the third period all the lots except 2, 9, and 10 were given l 1 lbs. 

 of grain per day, the lots enumerated consuming somewhat smaller 

 amounts. During the fourth period all the lots were fed whole corn. 

 The results are briefly summarized in the following table: 



Results of sheep-feeding experiments, 1S96-97. 



Lot 1 (ground corn) 



I, cit 'J (ground bald barley) 



Lot3 (whole bald barley') 



Lot 4 (ground corn anil barlej ) 

 I. ut 5 (silage and ground corn) . 



Lol (i (whole coru) 



Lot 7 (ground corn) 



Lots (whole common barley) .. 

 Lot '.i (ground common barley) . 

 Lot 10 (ground bald barley) .". . , 



Food consumed. 



Hay. Grain. Silage 



Pounds. 



19, 926 



Gain in 



live 

 weight. 



Pounds. 



38 

 33 

 38 

 37 

 40 

 44 

 42 

 40 

 38 

 38 



Feeding grain from the start produced better and cheaper gains than 

 feeding hay for C> weeks before grain was fed. Better and cheaper 

 gains were made on whole grain than on ground grain. Corn, ground 



