554 FEEDS AND FEEDING 



Gramlich and Savin at the Nebraska Station 7 lambs fed either hominy 

 feed or a mixture of about half hominy feed and half shelled corn, 

 with alfalfa hay for roughage, made more rapid gains than on shelled 

 corn and required less feed for 100 Ibs. gain. Especially good results 

 were secured on the mixture of hominy feed and corn. From these 

 trials we may conclude that hominy feed is about equal to well-dried 

 shelled corn per ton for fattening lambs. Obviously, it would be worth 

 more per ton than corn of a high moisture content. (213) 



848. Barley. Thruout the western range district, where but little 

 corn is grown, barley is extensively used for fattening sheep and lambs. 

 (226) In the following table are summarized the results of 6 trials, 

 averaging 96 days, in which brewing or Scotch barley was compared 

 with shelled corn when fed with alfalfa hay to lambs averaging 61 Ibs. 

 in weight: 



Barley vs. corn for fattening lambs 



Average ration Daily Feed for 100 Ibs. gain 



gain Grain Hay 



Lba. Lba. Lba. 

 Lot I, total oj 355 lambs* 



Whole barley, 0.9 Ib. Alfalfa hay, 2.4 Ibs 0.31 296 777 



Lot II, total of 355 lambs* 



Shelled corn, 0.9 Ib. Alfalfa hay, 2.3 Ibs . 32 283 708 



*Average of 3 trials by Faville (Wyo. Buls. 81, 85, 103), 1 by Buffum and Griffin (Colo. Bui. 75), and 

 2 by Morton (Colo. Bui. 187). 



In these trials the lambs fed whole barley made only slightly smaller 

 gains than those fed corn, the former consuming 5 per ct. more grain 

 and 10 per ct. more hay for 100 Ibs. gain. With shelled corn at twice 

 the price of alfalfa hay per ton, barley in these trials was worth 16 

 per ct. less per ton than corn for lambs. In trials by Morton with 450 

 lambs, Scotch barley proved fully equal to shelled corn in rapidity and 

 economy of gains. 



In a trial at the Iowa Station 8 Eward and Dunn fed a lot of lambs 

 whole barley, corn silage, and clover hay, with enough linseed meal to 

 balance the ration, while another lot received shelled corn in place of 

 barley. Barley produced even larger gains than corn, but the lambs 

 were less highly finished, sold for 40 cents less per 100 Ibs., and shrank 

 more on shipment to Chicago. With shelled corn at $1.45 per bushel 

 (14 per ct. moisture basis) barley was worth only 90.4 cts. per bushel, or 

 27 per ct. less per ton than shelled corn. In a similar trial the next 

 year the lambs fed barley gained nearly as rapidly as those fed shelled 

 corn but again sold slightly lower and shrank slightly more on ship- 

 ment. In this trial whole barley was worth 20 per ct. less than shelled 

 corn per ton. In a trial at the Kansas Station 9 Paterson and Winchester 

 found barley worth even less in comparison with shelled corn, and 

 Gramlich at the Nebraska Station 10 found barley worth 25 per ct. less 

 per ton than shelled corn, when used to replace one-third the corn in 



7 Nebr. Bui. 173, and information to the authors. 9 Kan. Cir. 88. 



'Information to the authors. "Information to the authors. 



