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second acre was not eaten as bare as the others. The results are 

 eummarized below: 



Feeding three acres of rape with 15 lambs to each acre 

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Weight of 15 lambs at commencement.. 



Average weight of lambs 



Weight of lambs at close 



Increased weight from 1 acre of rape 



Average individual increase 



Average daily increase 



Acre I. 

 Rape 

 only. 



Lbs. 



1,069. 

 71. 



1,413. 

 344. 

 22.93 



Acre II. 



Rape and 



oats. 



Lbs. 



1,065. 



71. 



1,413. 



348. 



23.67 



Acre III. 

 Rape and 

 pasture. 



Lbs. 



1,064. 



71. 



1,48-4. 



420. 



28.0 



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In this trial the oats did not increase the returns, while the past- 

 are proved very beneficial. In another trial * six lambs feeding 

 on one-sixth of an acre gained 120 pounds in 42 days, the monthly 

 gain being 14. 28 pounds per lamb. At this rate one acre of rape 

 would pasture 25 lambs two months and yield 762 pounds of 

 increase. We may regard this amount as representing the ex- 

 treme returns possible. (334-5) 



Trials with rape for lamb feeding were conducted at the Wis- 

 consin Station' by Craig. In these trials com, oats, oil meal, 

 etc., were fed to lambs running on a rape pasture, with the results 

 summarized below: 



The above figures are commended to stockmen looking for ad- 

 ditional feeding stuffs for sheep. Based on the returns from the 

 second trial, an acre of rape, with somewhat less than one and 



» Loc. cit. * Rept. 1894. 



