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Feeds and Feeding. 



throughout the feeding period and gained 25.8 pounds per lamb.' 7 

 The gain for the other lot was 31.7 pounds per head. (272, 482) 

 774. Corn stover. At the Michigan Station, x H. W. Mumford 

 fed corn stover to one lot of ten lambs, and clover hay and bean 

 straw to a second lot of ten, both getting corn and roots in addi- 

 tion. The results of this trial, which lasted fourteen weeks, are 

 presented in the following table: 



Corn stover compared with clover hay and bean straw Michigan 



Station. 



Regarding this trial Mumford says: i l The principal objection to 

 feeding corn stalks (stover) to lambs is that, when fed in the bun- 

 dle from racks, the lambs waste a large percentage of the fodder. 

 The only satisfactory method of feeding them is in racks after 

 they have been cut in a cutting box or silage machine. The 

 stalks fed in this experiment were cut with an ordinary silage 

 cutter and fed from racks. The average daily ration of this 

 fodder was 1.18 pounds for each of the ten lambs. Each lamb 

 in the lot receiving corn stalks as the fodder ration gained an 

 average of 2.15 pounds per week, or 30.2 pounds for the whole 

 period. Such flattering results should make every sheep feeder 

 value his corn stalks highly, and induce him to take every pos- 

 sible precaution to properly preserve them.' 7 



775. Grain for lambs before weaning. At the Wisconsin Sta- 

 tion, 2 Craig fed grain to high-grade Shropshire lambs before 

 weaning, corn, oats, bran and peas being used in the different 

 trials. The grain was placed in a trough where it was accessible 

 to the lambs through a " creep," while it could not be reached 

 by the 'dams. The lambs were induced to eat grain at as early a 



1 Bui. 136. 2 Kept. 1897. 



