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5. It has been estimated that the following ration will produce one 

 pound of gain : 



Corn and oil meal 5:1 3.88 pounds. 



Alfalfa 10.383 pounds. 



Estimate loss or gain at current prices. 



6. Corn and oil meal in the ratio of 5:1 to the amount of 5.56 

 pounds were fed with 4.67 pounds of oats straw and the gain was one 

 pound ; determine results based on market prices. 



7. The most extensive experiments in feeding lambs on rape have 

 been tried out on the Ontario Experiment Station. In 1890 at this 

 station 54 acres of rape pastured 17 head of steers and 537 head of sheep. 

 The result showed that one acre of rape was worth $16.80. What was the 

 income from the 54 acres ? 



8. In another trial on the Ontario Experiment Farm, 60 lambs 

 were kept on 2.18 acres of rape for 25 days, during which time the in- 

 crease in the weight of the lambs was 390 pounds; at that rate what 

 would be the gain per acre at the present price of lambs? 



9. At the Michigan Experiment Station, 15 acres of rape pastured 

 128 lambs, 7 weeks with a total gain of 2,890. At that rate of gain 

 what would be the income from 40 acres at the market price of lambs? 



10. At the Ontario Station 6 lambs were pastured on one-sixth 

 of an acre for one month, at this rate how many lambs could be pastured 

 on one acre for two months? 



11. The New Hampshire Experiment Station made the following 

 experiment: 10 lambs were divided into two lots of five each. The dry 

 fed lambs were fed one pound of grain (oats, bran and corn in equal parts 

 by weight) and 2 pounds of clover hay each daily; the other lot was 

 fed f of a pound of the 'same grain mixture, 1^ pounds of clover hay 

 and 5 pounds of turnips each daily. They were fed 100 days. The cost 

 of each ration was 3 cents per lamb per day. I 



The five dry fed lambs gained. 142.5 pounds. 



The turnip fed lambs gained 185.5 pounds. 



What was the cost per 100 pound gain of the dry fed lambs? 

 What was the cost per hundred of the turnip fed lambs? 



Exercises and Experiments. 



1. Show different results from experiments with cotton and woolen 

 goods. 



(a) Show difference between the fading of cotton and woolen 



goods. 



(b) Show difference between the shrinking of cotton and woolen 



goods, 

 (c) Show different results by burning a small strip of fiber or 



filling of each cotton and woolen goods. 

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