PROGRESSIVE SHEEP RAISING 



Minnesota Experiment Station. l Texas Experiment Station. 2 



Wheat screenings and timothy hay Cotton-seed meal and cotton-seed 



Lbs. hulls Lbs. 



Av. wt. of lambs fed ... 74 Av. wt. of lambs fed ... 62 



Daily gain 29 D ai i y ga i n 2 8 



Wheat screenings 211 Cotton-seed meal 97 



Timothy hay ^^ Cotton-seed hulls 97 



Minnesota Experiment Station. l 



Barley, oil meal and timothy hay Colorado Experiment Station. 



Av.wt. of Iambs fed... 76 Cracked corn and alfalfa hay 



Daily gain .33 Av. wt. of lambs fed ... 89 



Barley 1 70 Daily gain . 29 



Oil meal iq Alfalfa hay 290 



Timothy hay 72 Com 67 



Barley, oats and corn were the cheapest concentrates in 

 the growth of market lambs. Barley is easy to grow and 

 sufficient attention has not yet been given to it in this 

 country as a food for sheep. It is especially good in 

 climates where winter wheat is likely to be winter killed. 



In order to calculate the exact cost 

 Calculating of producing a hundred pounds of live 



Feeding Costs weight, one has only to refer to the 

 daily papers and see the price of the 

 materials he is selling, or to be even more practical, calcu- 

 late the price of feeds by the prices we are getting on the 

 market. The legal weight of grains is different in different 

 states, but the following is accurate enough for practical 

 purposes: 



Corn in ear 70 Ibs. per bushel 



Corn shelled 56 Ibs. per bushel 



Corn meal 48 Ibs. per bushel 



Wheat 60 Ibs. per bushel 



Barley 48 Ibs. per bushel 



Rye 56 Ibs. per bushel 



Oats 32 Ibs. per bushel 



'Bui. 113 2 Rept. 1896 ^ 'Bui. 128 



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