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87.5 ll)s.,« the gaiiiH in fleece l)eing 17, 15, 20, 14, and 14 Ibt^., respectively. The cost 

 of a pound of gain in the 5 lots was 5.25, 4.28, 4.95, 4.68, and 5.93 cts., the alfalfa 

 hay consumed per lb. of gain being 6.17, 6.26, 7.59, 6.50, and 8.20 lbs., and the grain 

 3.09, 3.03, 3.43, 3.38, and 4.28 lbs., respectively. The lambs were slaughtered at the 

 close of the test, the dressed weight averaging 52.1, 49.2, 48.8, 49.6, and 59 per cent 

 of the live weight, respectively. The profit ranged from 52 cts. in the case of lot 9 

 (wheat and spelt) to $3.04 in the case of lot 6 (spelt), the values for lots 5, 7, and 8 

 being $1.65, $2.02, and $2.30, respectively. According to the authors: 



"These trials showed that at the same price corn had a feeding value greater than 

 a mixture of wheat, barley, and oats, or wheat and barley, or barley alone. 



"Our single trial with Russian spelt showed it to have a feeding value at least 

 equal to corn, and greater than wheat and barley." 



The relative merits of corn and home-grown grain wei'e further tested with 4 lots 

 of lambs. Lots 1, 2, and 4 contained 2 Shropshire crosses and 3 western lambs, and 

 lot 3 contained 3 Shropshire crosses and 2 western lambs. All the lambs were fed 

 alfalfa hay. In addition lots 1 and 2 were fed a mixture of equal parts of oats, wheat, 

 and barley, and lots 3 and 4 corn. The drinking water given to lots 1 and 4 was 

 cold and that given lots 2 and 3 was warm. At the beginning of the test the lambs 

 in the 4 lots averaged respectively 75.5, 85.25, 83.75, and 84.25 lbs., the total gains in 

 flesh during the 99 days of the trial being respectively 114, 91, 124, and 110 lbs., and 

 the gains in fleece 28, 35, 32, and 34 lbs. The average cost of a pound of gain was 

 4.81, 5.24, 3.60, and 3.74 cts., the alfalfa hay eaten per lb. of gain 5.18, 4.84, 5.17, and 

 4.60 lbs., the grain 3.77, 4.27, 3.21, and 3.53 lbs., respectively. So far as could be 

 observed warming the water had no marked effect on the quantity consumed, the 

 amounts drunk by the 4 lots per lb. of gain averaging 14.64, 16.12, 14.17, and 13.82 

 lbs., respectively. The dressed weight was very nearly the same in lots 1, 3, and 4, 

 averaging 63.4, 63.2, and 64.7 per cent of the live weight. In lot 2 it was somewhat 

 less, averaging 61.2 per cent. The profits obtained with the lots fed mixed grains 

 (lots 1 and 2) were $2.81 and $2.30, being much smaller than those obtained in the 

 case of the lots fed corn (lots 3 and 4), which were $4.91 and $4.60. The authors 

 calculate that 1 lb. of corn had a feeding value equal to 1.19 lbs. of the mixed grains 

 used in this test. Regarding the other points studied the following conclusions are 

 drawn: 



"Shropshire grade lambs made much better gains than common western lambs 

 when fed the same ration. Nine Shropshire grades made average gains of 43.6 lbs., 

 and 7 native western lambs made an average of 31 lbs. 



"Our trials with warm and cold water given to fattening lambs did not show any 

 advantage of one over the other." 



Feeding- beet pulp to lambs, H. H. Griffin {('olomdo ,S(a. Bui. 76, pp. 10). — 

 Using 2 lots of 125 lambs each, the value of beet pulp as a feeding stuff was tested. 

 In the l)eginning of the test the lambs in lot 1 averaged 61 H)S. per head and those 

 in lot 2 averaged 62 lbs. Both lots were fed the same quantity of alfalfa hay daily. 

 In addition lot 1 was given corn, the amount finally fed being 9 oz. per head daily, 

 and lot 2 l)eet pulp, the largest amount which could be satisfactorily fed being 6.5 

 lbs. per head daily. After 60 days the amount of beet pulp was diminished, as the 

 supply was running low, and 6 and later 10 oz. of corn per head daily was added to 

 the ration until the close of the test. During the 114 days covered by the trial the 

 average gain per lamb in the 2 lots was 86.7 and 85 lbs., respectively. The total 

 amount of alfalfa hay consumed by lot 1 was 23,165 lbs. and corn 11,245.5 lbs. The 

 total amounts of alfalfa hay, beet pulp, and corn consumed by lot 2 were 59,444, 

 23,630, and 2, .595. 5 lbs., respectively. The amount of water consumed by the corn- 

 fed lot was much greater than that consumed by the beet-pulp lot, the total amount 

 in the 2 cases being 48,313 and 15,705 lbs. At the close of the test 2 lambs from 



« Estimated on the basis of 5 lambs. 



