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JoluKsoii grasH hay was compared with cotton-aeed hulls. Lot 1 ate -1,550 lbs. of 

 Johnson grass hay and 1,790 lbs. of cotton-seed meal and gained in the 90 days of 

 the test IU2 lbs. On the same quantity of cotton-seed meal and 5,238 lbs. of cotton- 

 seed hulls lot 2 gained 370 lbs. 



In a set'ond test a lot of 2-year-old heifers was fed Johnson grass hay without grain 

 and consumed little more than enough to maintain them; while a second lot, fed 

 cotton-seed hulls without grain, would not eat enough for maintenance, losing 83 lbs. 

 in 39 days when 20 lbs. of hulls were consumed per day per 1,000 lbs. live weight. 



Four animals pastured on poor Bermuda grass and fed grain twice daily consumed 

 during the summer $24.36 worth of grain and gained 760 lbs; while a second lot of 4 

 animals, pastured without grain, gained 500 lbs. during the summer. A lot of thin 

 but vigorous 2-year-old steers after being wintered on a ration little more than suth- 

 cient for maintenance made an average daily gain of 1.3 lbs. on pasturage for 178 

 days. A similar lot which had received full feed during the winter made an average 

 daily gain of 0.75 11). for 158 days on pasture. Heifers of the same age wintered on 

 ligut feed made an average daily gain per head of 1.3 lbs. for 178 days on pasture 

 alone. The pasture contained 20 acres of open Land seeded to orchard grass, redtop, 

 alfalfa, melilotus, oats, and hairy vetch. Excluding woodland, the jiasture "carried 

 1 cow to every 1.1 acres for 7 months." 



Sheep feeding', W. T. Lawrence {Oiautij Cunncib Ciiinbrrknid, T)i(rhani, and 

 yorthiiinberldiid lipl. 1902, jyp. 126, 127). — At Newton Rigg the advantage of allowing 

 sheep to gather Swedish turnips, as compared with feeding the turnips to pastured 

 animals, was stuilied with 2 lots, each containing 20 crossbred sheep. In 11 weeks 

 the average gain per head per week with the lot fed the turnips on pasturage was 

 1.8 lbs. as compared with 2.3 lbs. in tlie case of the sheep penned on the turnip land. 

 .Somewhat smaller profits were obtained with the lot fed turnips on pasture than 

 with the other lot. 



According to the author the results fully corroborate those of former years (E. S. R., 

 13, p. 482), which have shown that in wet or dry weather sheep fatten more rapidly 

 on turni]) land than on grass, other conditions l)eing equal. 



Slieep-feeding experiment at Newton Rigg, D. A. (jiuhkist {Bd. Agr. and, 

 Fisheries [Loudonl, Rpt. Agr. Education and Research, 1902-S, j>]>. 9S, 94). — Noted 

 above from another publication. 



Experiments in sheep breeding, T. Winter [Bd. Agr. and Fisheries [London], 

 Rpt. Agr. Educatiun and Research, 1902-3, pp. 70-76). — The breeding experiments 

 begun several years ago (E. S. R., 14, p. 996) were continued. As regards the 

 results obtained in crossing Wiltshire, Kerry Hill, Shropshire, and Southdown rams 

 with Welch mountain ewes, the best results were with the Southdown, and in the 

 author's opinion this l)reed furnishes a particularly suitable cross for Welsh moun- 

 tain ewes for the production of fat lambs. 



In a test of the vaUte of various crosses with large crossbred ewes for the produc- 

 tion of fat lambs, while there was not much difference between the Border-Leicester 

 and Suffolk crosses the advantage was rather with the latter. The Border-Leicester 

 crosses were somewhat earlier than the others. The Wiltshire cross was less satis- 

 factory than the preceding year. "The Hampshire cross were later, but tliey 

 handled well and reached good weight. The Lincoln cross proved disappointing. 

 The lambs were neither so ripe nor so heavy as those in some of the other lots." 



The native sheep of the Kerry Hill district of Montgomeryshire were crossed with 

 Border-Leicester, Wiltshire, and Suffolk rams to determine the suitability of these 

 crosses for the production of lambs for market i)urposes. The Suffolk cross was the 

 most successful. "The lambs fattened earlier, on the whole were heavier, and were 

 equal to any in (|uality. On this year's trial the Border-Leicester cross was superior 

 to the Wiltshire cross." 



