TENTH ANNUAL YEAR BOOK— PART X 

 TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND GAINS- Continued 



LOT IV— RAPE AND B.VULEY. 



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The twenty-four lambs receiving what oats they would eat morning 

 and evening made the largest gain of the four lots, being fifteen and 

 forty-one hundredths (15.41) pounds each, as compared to fifteen and 

 thirty-seven hundredths (15.37) pounds for Lot IV, receiving barley. 

 The Lambs in both Lots II land IV for both years made larger and more 

 uniform gains than did the lambs in Lots I and II, showing that oats 

 and barley are better suited for rapid gains for lambs than corn or no 

 grain when on rape pasture. The difference in gain in favor of the oat 

 lot is so small that the value of these two grains may be considered 

 about equal pound for pound for fattening lambs on rape. The average 

 gain for the twenty-four lambs fed rape and oats both years was fifteen 

 and forty-one hundredths (15.41) pounds, while the average gain for 

 twenty-four lambs fed rape and barley was fifteen and thirty-seven hun- 

 dredths (15.37) pounds per head.* 



*At the Ontario Experiment Station, fifteen wethers were fed on an acre of 

 rape, with 0.5 pound of oats in addition. Besides eating almost the whole of the 

 crop from an acre in flfty-oi;?ht days, they also consumed 345 pounds of oats, and 

 gained 23.67 pounds per head, or a weekly increase of 2.8 pounds per head. 



