6G2 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



" (2) The feerlinu; of grain after weaning to lambs tliat had not received any before 

 weaning prodnced an average increase which slightly more than paid a good market 

 price for the grain they ato np to the time they were to be sold in the fall. The 

 average valne of each lamb in the fall after having received grain from weaning time 

 ■was $3.66 at $i per 100 lbs., and they ate, 54 cts. worth of grain per head, while the 

 average valne per head of those that had not received grain, at $3.81 per 100 lbs., 

 was $2.96, a difference of 16 cts. in favor of the lambs fed grain since weaning. As 

 the average of the three trials it reqnired 6.7 lbs. of grain for the grain-fed lambs 

 to make 1 lb. of gain more than those that had no grain. 



"(3) The feeding of grain both before and after weaning prodnced an average of 

 34 cts. per head more profit if sold in the fall than that obtained from the lambs 

 that were not fed grain. The average value in the fall of each lamb iu the lots 

 receiving grain before and after weaning, at $4.81 per 100 lbs., was $4.82, and the 

 average cost of grain was $1.38, while at the same time those that had no grain, at 

 $3.81 per 100 lbs., were worth an average of $3.10 per head ; a difference in profit of 

 34 cts. per head to the credit of the lambs that received grain. 



"(4) The results of the three trials show that there is no appreciable difference in 

 the gain made during the winter fattening between the lambs that had grain previ- 

 ous to fattening and those that had not. The difference in the cost of gain was 

 more marked, there being an average difference of 29 cts. per 100 lbs. in favor of 

 those that had no grain previous to fattening. The average weekly gain per head 

 of the himbs fed grain previously was 2.89 lbs. during the fattening, while that 

 of the other lambs was 2.95. The average cost of 100 lbs. of gain was $4.93 in the 

 instance of the grain-fed lambs, and $4.66 w-ith those that had no grain before fat- 

 tening started. 



" (5) When the experiment was concluded and the lambs that had grain before 

 fattening and those that had not were ready for market, the average profit from 

 the fonner was 48i cts. per head greater than from tlie latter. The average weight 

 of the grain-fed lambs when sold was 140.2 lbs., and that of the others was 121 J lbs. 

 per head. The former brought 75 cts. per 100 lbs. more than those that had no grain 

 before winter feeding. 



" (6) The grain feeding had a marked influence on the earliness of the maturity of 

 the lambs. In the first two trials the grain-fed lambs reached an average of 125 

 lbs. per head in weight 7 and 4 weeks, respectively , before the others. In these 

 trials the average cost of this weight in the instance of the grain-fed lambs was 

 $2.68 per head, exclusive of pasture, while in the instance of the other lambs it was 

 $1.96 per head. This difference in cost was largely dne to the heavy feeding of 

 grain after weaning, and when this was guarded against in the third trial it was 

 found that the average of 113.9 lbs. per head, which the lambs that had no grain 

 reached on the conclusion of the experiment, was made 7 weeks sooner by^ the lambs 

 fed grftin continuously, and it was made at a slightly less cost. 



" (7) There was no difference in the character of the meat in the carcasses of the 

 lambs that had grain continuously and those that had not. 



'•' (8) The per cent that the lambs dressed was about the same in all lots, and no 

 marked difference was found in the weight of the difterent organs of the body. 



" (9) The feeding of grain made all the fleeces of the lambs receiving it more com- 

 pact and smoother than the others. 



"(10) The grain-fed lambs sheared in the 3 trials an average of 2.2 lbs. more 

 wool than the others. 



" (11) The greater amount of wool shorn by the grain-fed lambs was to an extent 

 due to the greater amount of yolk or oil it contained. The shrinkage in the first 

 two trials was 5 per cent greater in the instance of the grain-fed lambs than with 

 the others, and in the last trial it was 2 per cent greater. 



"(12) The wool on the lambs that were fed grain continuously grew to a slightly 

 greater length than it did iu the fleeces of the others. In the first trial the average 



