1892.] PUBLIC DOCUMENT — No. 33. 129 



2. Cost of Lambs. 



The entire lot was bought at 5 cents per pound of live 

 weight, and the sum paid for the entire original live weight 

 of 344.75 pounds amounted to $17.24. 



The wool subsequently secured before the beginning of the 

 feeding experiment was sold at 25 cents per pound, or $4.19 

 for 16.75 pounds of wool. 



Deducting the sum of $4.19 obtained for the wool removed 

 from the first cost of the lambs, which was $17.24, it will be 

 noticed that their actual cost was but $13.05, or 3.98 cents 

 per pound of live weight. Their live weight after the 

 removal of the wool amounted to 328 pounds. 



/■I. 47.50 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . $1 89n 



Lot A. •) 2. 60.50 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . 2 41 > $6 61 



C3. 58.00 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . 2 3l) 



/4. 49.50 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . $1 97 \ 



Lot B. )5. 62.00 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . 2 46 i $6 44 



(.6.' 50.50 pounds, at 3.98 cents, . . . 2 01 ) 



3. Character and Cost of Fodder Articles used. 



The grain feed rations of the daily diet contained, at dif- 

 ferent times and in varying proportions, corn meal, wheat 

 bran, old-process linseed meal and Chicago gluten meal ; 

 while rowen — hay of second cut of upland meadows — and 

 corn ensilage furnished its coarse feed constituent. The 

 corn ensilage was produced from a dent corn variety, Pride 

 of the North, which was cut when the kernels began to 

 glaze. 



The grain feed stuffs were bought in our local market ; 

 they were fair articles of their kind. Their relative compo- 

 sition and general economical value will be seen from the 

 subsequent statements. 



