514 TWENTY-SECOND ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART VII 



lamb as the check lot, from $25 in the best molasses lots to $8 in the 

 poorest. That was when corn was worth 52 cents per bushel and mo- 

 lasses $35 per ton. 



We have also done some work in fattening lambs with different grains, 

 using corn, oats, barley, a mixture of corn and oats, and a mixture of corn 

 and barley. The first thirty days in the mixed lots we fed two parts oats 

 or barley and one part corn, and the next thirty days we used half and 

 half, and the last thirty days we fed two parts corn and one part of oats 

 or barley. Shelled corn was the most satisfactory grain fed, judging from 

 the physiological and financial standpoint. The oats-fed lambs made the 

 poorest showing of all groups fed. Apparently, a mixture of corn and 

 barley is not a success, as the group receiving this mixture did not do as 

 well as where barley was fed alone. Figuring corn worth 100 per cent in 

 this test, oats were worth about 77 per cent as much, and barley 91 per 

 cent as much. Where we mixed oats and corn, oats were worth 90 per cent 

 as much. The barley when fed in the mixture was worth only 70 per cent 

 as much as when fed alone. This again brings out the fact that in feed- 

 ing lambs for market, it pays to stick to corn, properly supplemented. 

 Some years it may pay to feed a substitute, but in general it does not_ 



During the past two years we have been asked to do a great deal of 

 work with soy beans planted in the corn for hogging down purposes and 

 as hay for sheep and ewes. We have wanted to do more work with soy 

 beans than we have been able to do. Unfortunately, we have been short 

 on ground, hence could not do any work with soy beans planted in the corn 

 for hogging down purposes. We have, however, done a little work with 

 soy bean hay for ewes. In this test we carried four lots of ten ewes from 

 breeding time until they brought forth lambs. All ewes were fed shelled 

 corn sufficient in the respective groups so that they would gain approxi- 

 mately the same. Other than this, their rations were as follows: 



Lot 1 — Corn silage, alfalfa hay and salt. 



Lot 2 — Corn silage alfalfa hay, soy bean hay and salt. One-third as 

 much soy bean hay as alfalfa was given. 



Lot 3 — Corn silage, alfalfa hay, soy bean hay and salt. As much soy 

 bean hay as alfalfa was given. 



Lot 4 — Corn silage, soy bean hay and salt. 



Results showed that alfalfa and soy bean hay may be fed very well 

 together. 



In Lot 3, each 100 pounds of soy bean hay equaled 90 pounds of alfalfa 

 and 15 pounds of corn grain. 



In Lot 4, each 100 pounds of soy bean hay equaled 104 pounds of alfalfa 

 plus 10 pounds of corn grain. 



These results show up very well for a good soy bean hay, fairly well 

 podded and seeded. 



In the winter of 1919, we had forty ewes which we fed different amounts 

 of salt. Our check lot received a grain mixture of 50 parts barley, 20 parts 

 corn, 20 parts bran, and 10 parts linseed oil meal, three pounds of corn 

 silage in the morning and one pound of alfalfa hay at night. Lot 1 re- 

 ceived no salt; Lot 2 received one-fourth ounce of flake salt per ewe per 

 day; Lot 3 received one-half ounce a day, and Lot 4 received one ounce per 



