DON'T USE A SCRUB RAM 



Lambs Sired by Good Ram Sold For $7.35 Per 100 Lbs. 

 Those Sired by a Scrub Ram Sold For $4.50 



In 1913 the Missouri Agricultural Experiment Station con- 

 ducted a test to show the value of a good ram. 



Thirty-four Colorado ewes were selected. They were uniform 

 in size and condition and showed a predominance of Merino 

 blood. 



Grade Western Ewe Good Hampshire Ram 



(Photos from Missouri Experiment Station.) 





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Lamb from Hamp- 

 shire Ram 



Lambs Like this Sold for $7.35 per 

 100 pounds 



Scrub vs. Registered Ram 



Seventeen were bred to an inferior "scrub" ram and seventeen 

 bred to a fairly good registered Hampshire ram. The lambs 

 were sold at three months of age. The lambs sired by the Hamp- 

 shire ram made 26.6 per cent more daily than those sired by the 

 scrub ram. 



It took 52.81 pounds of grain to make 100 pounds of gain on 



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