128 AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



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FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH LAMBS. 



September 30, 1890, to April 20, 1891. 



The feeding experiment with lambs described below is 

 the second of a series devised to ascertain the influence of 

 different fodder rations on the cost of feed when fattening 

 lambs during the winter for the meat market. 



The selection of animals was made from the temporary 

 supply of our local market. Six lambs, wethers, grades of 

 uncertain parentage, served for the trial ; they were shorn 

 before being weighed at the beginning of the observation. 

 Each animal occupied a separate pen during the entire 

 experiment. They received during the first week the same 

 daily diet, and were subsequently divided into two lots of 

 three each (lots A and B), to test the effect of different 

 grain feed rations on the ultimate financial results of the 

 operation. 



1. Weight of Lambs. 



