SHEEP FEEDING. 



97 



cost was a little above that of the year before, which was 4.49 cents. 

 The grain during this season, however, was more expensive than the 

 year before, as will be noticed by comparing the cost of the feed 

 given in bulletin 47 with that reported in this bulletin. If we com- 

 pare the amount of food eaten for each pound of gain, it will be 

 noticed that these lambs made the more economical gains, requir- 

 ing .4 of a pound of clover and .5 of a pound of grain less for each 

 pound of gain than did the lambs of the year before. The screen- 

 ings ration was the least costly, because of the difference in price. 

 The wheat ration was the most costly again because of the higher 

 price of this grain. 



Table V. Comparison of Results of Feeding Lambs and Wethers. 



Period. 



QTQ 



C>* "ci 



. 





8,| 



| P 



? 5 



c* p* 



^ 



'' S, - s g, 

 I o- 



^a s 



Lambs 1.85 



Wethers.. 3.81 



.62 

 .625 



7.62 

 18.94 



2.63 j .237 I 23.08 

 3.11 | .2 I 19.5 



1. 4.61 

 3.6 7.92 



.98 

 1.54 



COMPARISON OF RESULTS WITH LAMBS AND WETHERS. 



Table No. 5 gives a brief comparison of the results in the feed- 

 ing of the lambs and 'wethers. It will be noticed that the amount 

 of grain eaten per day was practically the same for each, but the 

 wethers ate two pounds more of hay per day than did the lambs. 

 Considering the amount of food eaten for one pound of gain the 

 wethers ate n 1-3 pounds more clover than did the lambs and nearly 

 half a pound of grain more for each pound of gain made. This 

 shows that the lambs were very much more economical feeders. 

 This is, however, not the only factor to be considered, as will be 

 noticed later. Considering the gain per day the lambs gained .237 

 pounds to .2 pounds gained by the wethers, or, for the total time 

 of the test, 97 days, the lambs gained 23.08 and the wethers 19.5 

 pounds. The cost of the food per day at Bozeman prices was I 

 cent for each lamb and 1.6 cents for each wether, and the cost of 

 each pound of gain was 4.61 cents for the lambs and 7.92 cents 

 for the wethers, or 3 1-3 cents more. The total cost of the gain 

 put upon the lambs, during the 97 days of the test, was 98 cents, 



