126 AGRICULTUKAL EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



III. 



WINTER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH LAMBS. 



November, 1891, to May, 1892. 



The experiment briefly described in a few succeeding 

 pages is the third one of a series designed for the purpose 

 of studying tlie feeding effect and general economy of differ- 

 ent combinations of grain feed stuffs when fed in connection 

 with the same or simihir kinds of coarse fodder articles for 

 the production of meat. 



During our first experiment, corn meal, wheat bran and 

 gluten meal (Chicago) furnished in varying proportions the 

 grain feed part of the daily diet (see eighth annual report, 

 pages 67-90). During the second, corn meal, wheat bran, 

 old-process linseed meal and gluten meal (Chicago) served 

 for that purpose (see ninth annual report, pages 128-147) ; 

 while in the third ex])eriment, which is here under discussion, 

 ivheat bran, Buffalo gluten feed and Chicago maize feed have 

 been used as the grain feed part of the daily feed. 



The coarse feed portion of the daily diet during the first 

 and second experiments consisted exclusively of rowen (hay 

 of the second cut of upland meadows) and of corn ensilage. 

 In the third experiment during one feeding period corn 

 ensilage was substituted by roots (globe mangolds). The 

 selection of lambs in all these trials was confined to our local 

 supply. From six to nine animals served in each case for 

 our observations. 



Six lambs, wethers, grades of uncertain parentage, were 

 selected for the experiment here under consideration. Each 

 animal occupied a separate pen during the entire time of ol)- 

 servation ; none of them were shorn before entering upon 

 the trial. 



