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TABLE 15— DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS AND NUTRITIVE RATIOS OF RATIONS.* 



Lot. 



Ration. 



Nutri- 

 tive 

 ratio. 



Grain 



Clover Hay 

 Total. . . . 



Grain 



Clover Hay 



Turnips 



Total. . . . 



5.9 



6.6 



' Digestible coefficients were obtained from Henry's "Feeds and Feeding." 



COST OF RATIONS AND GAINS. 



As heretofore stated, the daily cost of the rations were equal, 

 namely, 33^ cents per day. The cost was computed upon the 

 same price basis as described in Experiment I. 



The turnip fed lambs, as shown in Tables 16 and 17, made 

 considerably better gains at the expense of less feed and inci- 

 dentally less cost than the lambs on the dry ration. This proves 

 that turnips decrease the cost of producing a pound of mutton. 



TABLE 16.-P0UNDS OF DIGESTIBLE NUTRIENTS FOR 100 POUNDS INCREASE IN WEIGHT. 



TABLE 17.— AVERAGE WEIGHT AND COST OF FEED FOR 100 POUNDS INCREASE IN WEIGHT. 



It can be conclusively stated, from the results of this experi- 

 ment, that turnips have a beneficial effect in economy of mutton 

 production. There is, however, one danger with turnips and 



