SHEEP FEEDING. 91* 



Considering the whole time of the test, it will be noticed that 

 the wethers made an average daily gain of only .2 of a pound. 

 This was about .03 of a pound less than the wethers gained the 

 previous year. The average total gain for each wether was J-9-4& 

 pounds, or, in round numbers, 19*^ pounds, which was three 

 pounds less than that gained the year before. 



AMOUNT OF FOOD EATEN BY WETHERS. 



Table No. 2 shows the total amount of food eaten, the food 

 eaten per day and the cost of each pound of gain. During the 

 first period, when the sheep had no grain whatever, they ate an 

 average of about 4^4 pound of hay per day. The range was from 

 4.35 to 4.23 pounds per day. When the grain ration was added 

 the amount of hay eaten fell off from a half to three-fourths of a 

 pound per day, and on a full grain ration they ate fully % pound less 

 hay per day than on hay alone, but the total amount of food eaten was 

 greater as they were at that time eating one pound of grain per 

 day. 



The average amount of hay eaten per day for the different lots 

 during the 97 days was practically the same, and for all the lots the 

 average was 3.81 pounds per day.The wethers received no grain for 

 the first 25 days of the test and for the next 28 days averaged 

 nearly .6 of a pound per day. The last 44 days of the test they each 

 received i pound of grain per day. The average grain received for 

 the 97 days of the feeding was .625 of a pound, or a little over J/ 

 pound per day. 



THE FOOD EATEN FOR EACH POUND OF GAIN BY WETHERS. 



The food eaten for each pound of gain, gives some very in- 

 teresting facts. For the first period from 18 to 22.7 pounds of 

 clover hay were eaten for each pound of gain made. For the sec- 

 ond period, when the grain ration was added, it required from 21 

 to 41 pounds of hay in addition to the grain to make one pound gain. 

 The third period, however, this was reduced to from 13.9 to 18 

 pound of hay for each pound of gain, in addition to the grain. The 

 average for the whole period showed that 18.94, or, in round num- 

 bers, 19 pounds of hay and 3. IT of grain were required for each 



