506 



Fer.da and Feeding. 



fed gained an average of 2.45 pounds per ireek, or 34.4 ponnds 

 during the whole period of fourteen weeks." (822) 



771. Fattening Western sheep on alfaSfa hay. — At the Colorado 

 Station, ^ Cooke conducted an experiment in feeding wheat, c«rn, 

 sugar beets and alfalfa hay to Western and Mexican yearlings and 

 lambs, averaging 88 pounds each, during a period of 98 days, 

 with results shown in the following table: 



Feeding Western and Mexican sheep — Colorado Station. 



In all cases the daily gains of the sheep were satisfactory. Be- 

 cause of its nutritive quality and palatability, alfalfa hay is more 

 than mere ''filling," assisting materially in fattening, thus re- 

 ducing the amount of grain which woiild otherwise be required. 



772. Oat straw.— At the Michigan Station, « H. W. Mumford 

 fed one lot of ten lambs upon oat straw for roughage, and a second 

 lot of ten upon clover hay and cut corn stover, both getting corn 

 and roots in addition. The results of the trial, which lasted four- 

 teen weeks, are shown in the following table: 



Oat straw compared with corn stover — Michigan Station. 



Bui. 32. 



* Bui. 136, 



