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IOWA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 



TABLE NO. II. 



Table No. II shows kind of feed, number of lambs, number of days 

 fed, quantity of grain consumed, total gain and average gain per head 

 daily for each lot and for both years. 



The grain ration was the same for both years. For the quantity of 

 grain consumed, the lots receiving oats made the best gains each year, 

 although the two lots receiving barley made practically the same gain 

 for grain consumed. Barley as a rule is much higher in price than oats at 

 this time of the year, hence for economical and quick gains with lambs 

 on rape pasture, oats are to be preferred. 



By feeding shelled corn there was a loss each year, as the gains were 

 not so large as they were for the lots receiving the rape pasture alone. 



Our results of pasturing sheep and lambs on rape on the college 

 farm and experiment station have been very satisfactory. An experiment 

 was conducted to determine what conditions must be present to cause 

 bloat when first turning in on rape as follows: Lot No. 1 was put in on 

 the clear rape without any other forage plant accessible and kept there 

 day and night; Lot No. 2 w^as turned on a field where they had access 

 to grass in addition to rape pasture; Lot No. 3 was turned on the rape 

 when the dew was on early in the morning; Lot No. 4 was turned on rape 

 when it was dry. The lambs were raised on the range and were not ac- 

 customed to this forage. The result was the same for each lot, all coming 

 through in a healthy condition. 



Of the 96 head of lambs weighed up for this experiment, two head 

 are not reported. One died a few days after weighing, and the other was 

 affected with worms. 



We believe, however, that care should be taken when turning in on 

 any kind of new forage, as there is danger of the animal gorging 

 himself. 



