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Wheat bran should form no large part of the concentrate allowance 

 for fattening sheep, for, like oats, it induces growth rather than fatten- 

 ing, and it is too bulky. In a trial by Iddings at the Idaho Station, 41 

 lambs fed 1 part wheat bran and 3 parts barley, with mixed hay for 

 roughage, gained 0.274 Ib. per head daily, while others fed linseed cake 

 in place of bran gained 0.318 Ib. daily. When lambs are being started 

 on feed, bran is useful for mixing with corn and other heavy concentrates 

 to forestall digestive troubles. Bran is a valuable feed for breeding 

 ewes. (218, 883) 



Gluten feed is a satisfactory supplement for fattening lambs, tho it 

 is not commonly thus used. (210) As it is considerably lower in pro- 

 tein than linseed or cottonseed meal, a larger amount is needed to bal- 

 ance a ration. In an 84-day trial at the Wisconsin Station 42 by Mor- 

 rison and Kleinheinz, one lot of 40 lambs was fed 1 part gluten feed 

 and 3 parts shelled corn with corn silage and clover hay for roughage, 

 while another lot was fed 1 part linseed meal and 5 parts corn. The 

 lambs fed gluten feed made practically as large gains as those fed lin- 

 seed meal, but were not as well finished and shrank more on shipment. 

 With linseed meal at $80 per ton and gluten feed at $72.50 per ton, 

 the profit per lamb was $0.44 greater on linseed meal. In a 30-day trial 

 by Paterson at the Kansas Station, 43 gluten feed was worth 15 per ct. less 

 per ton than linseed meal when fed as the supplement to corn, corn 

 silage, and alfalfa hay. 



To determine whether gluten feed could be economically used as a 

 substitute for corn when it is occasionally lower in price than that grain, 

 Dunn and Evvard carried on 2 trials at the Iowa Station. 44 In each 

 trial the lambs fed gluten feed made as large gains as those fed corn, 

 but averaging together the results for the 2 trials, gluten feed proved 

 to be worth slightly less per ton than shelled corn. 



Dried distillers' grains and dried brewers' grains, rarely fed to sheep 

 in this country, have given good results in Europe. (28,3, 228) 



Peanut meal from partially hulled nuts, containing 36.0 per ct. crude 

 protein and 23.6 per ct. fiber, was slightly superior to linseed meal in a 

 trial by Dunn and Evvard at the Iowa Station 45 when used as a supple- 

 ment to corn, corn silage, and alfalfa hay. (258) 



In the same trial velvet bean feed (ground velvet beans and pods), 

 containing 17 per ct. crude protein and 14 per ct. fiber, was worth only 

 60 per ct. as much per ton as linseed meal. (264) 



Dfied blood t fed to young 1 lambs in place of milk at the rate of about 

 0.5 Ib. daily for each 100 Ibs. live weight, has given good results in Eur- 

 ope. (271) 



Flesh meal has been fed with success to sheep in European countries. 



Tankage was found by Morrison and Kleinheinz 46 at the Wisconsin 



"Idaho Bui. 89. "Iowa Bui. 185; information to the authors. 



4Z Wis. Bui. 323, pp. 13-15. "Iowa Bui. 185. 



"Kan. Cir. 88. "Unpublished data. 



