CHAPTEE XXX. 



EXPERIMENTS IN FATTENING SHEEP WOOL PRODUCTION. 



I. Feeds and Fattening. 



757. Indian corn. Since a large proportion of the sheep in 

 this country are fattened on corn, both student and stockman 

 are interested in learning the quantity of this grain required for 

 a given gain. In the table below are presented the results of five 

 trials with corn for fattening lambs at three Stations. The aver- 

 age of these trials should constitute reliable data as to the quan- 

 tity of corn and hay required to produce one hundred pounds of 

 gain with lambs. 



Fattening lambs on corn and hay Michigan, Wisconsin and 

 Minnesota Stations. 



* Bui. 113. | Bui. 128. J Kept. 1895. g Bui. 31. 



In the Wisconsin trial there were 5 lambs; in the other trials 

 there were 10 lambs. 



From this table we learn that lambs averaging 81 pounds each 

 during feeding trials averaging 13 weeks in length made gains 

 of three- tenths of a pound per head daily, requiring about 500 

 pounds of corn and 400 pounds of hay for 100 pounds of increase, 

 live weight, (566, 845) 

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