RATIONS FOR PREGNANT EWES- 243 



Ration No. 1 Ration No. 2 



Corn silage 9 Corn silage 2 



Clover hay 2.0 Clover hay 4 



Daily gain 0.1 Pasture in old clover field and in 



corn stalks. 



Daily gain 06 



Ration No. 3 



Corn silage 5 



Clover hay 7 



Pasture in corn stalks. 



Daily gain 07 



Table 2. The ewes in this experiment were three-year-old west- 

 erns,, weighing 115 pounds, and they were fed for 100 days previous 

 to the time they began lambing. 



Ration No. 4 Ration No. 5 



Shelled corn .55 Cottonseed meal ,. .125 



Alfalfa hay 2.5 Alfalfa hay 2.5 



Daily gain 25 Daily gain 15 



Table 3. The ewes in this experiment were four-year-old west- 

 erns, weighing 115 pounds. They were fed for 114 days previous to 

 the time they began lambing. 



Ration No. 6 Ration No. 7 



Shelled corn 25 Shelled corn .30 



Alfalfa hay 2.50 Alfalfa hay 1.50 



Daily gain 17 Oat straw 1.25 



Daily gain 08 



Ration No. 8 



Shelled corn 00 Bluegrass pasture and corn stalks. 



Alfalfa hay 80 Very little grain and roughage fed 



Oat straw 25 in the barn until the last 40 days. 



Daily gain 07 



(&) From the Annual Report of the Wisconsin Station for 1902 : 

 Table 4. The average weight of the ewes was 145 and 147 

 pounds. 



Ration No. 9 Ration No. 10 



Shelled corn 5 Whole oats 5 



Corn silage . . . ! 2.5 Corn silage 2.5 



Mixed hay 2.0 Mixed hay 2.0 



Daily gain .23 Daily gain 23 



