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Division II. 



4. 5. 6. 



Cost of lamb, $3 43 $3 39 ? 403 ^|99 3i 



Cost of feed consumed, . . 4 64 3 03 3 82 S 



$8 07 $6 42 $7 85 



Value received for meat, . $5 94 $5 06 $6 65 ^ 

 Value received for wool and i$25 37 



pelt, 89 1 17 1 17 j 



Value of obtainable manure, . 1 71 1 23 1 55 J 



$8 54 $7 46 $9 37 

 Difference in favor, $3.03. 



6. Conclusions. 



1. The well-established superior feeding effect of a daily 

 diet rich in digestible nitrogenous food constituents, when 

 raising lambs for the meat market, is shown in a marked 

 degree in Division L, as compared with those in Division II. 



2. The good services of the particular fodder rations 

 used in case of the first division of lambs is shown by a fair 

 rate of increase in live weight. 



3. Corn ensilage as a substitute in part for rowen has 

 given very satisfactory results. 



4. The profit obtained with reference to both divisions 

 of lambs is due to the commercial value of the fertilizing 

 constituents containe'd in the obtainable manure. This 

 value amounts in the case of the first division of lambs to 

 $5.67. To appreciate this value properly, it needs to be 

 considered that, in determining the financial results of the 

 experiment, all home-raised fodder articles are counted 

 on the basis of their retail selling price in our vicinity. 

 Sheep are known to produce one of the best home-made 

 manures. 



The decidedly beneficial influence of a rational and liberal 

 system of stock-feeding on the financial results of a mixed 

 farm management cannot find its full expression in the mere 

 presentation of the results of a feeding experiment, however 

 carefully the matter may be arranged. 



