106 IN BULLETIN NO. 59. 



mixture of first and second crop red and alsike clover. The roots 

 fed were mainly sugar beets, with occasionally some mangolds. 



The animals were fed all the hay they would eat, which was 

 given them twice a day. For the first five days of the test hay alone 

 was fed, and then the grain was started, giving 1-5 of a pound of 

 grain to each sheep. This was gradually increased until the full 

 amount specified was given. At the beginning the grain was given 

 but once a day, but as the amount was increased it was given twice 

 a day. The roots were given at the same time as the grain. At 

 first the sheep did not take readily to the roots. Later we changed 

 from sliced to pulp roots and the sheep ate the ration very much 

 better. Fresh water was running through the yards at all times 

 so that the sheep had ready access to a water supply. 



WEIGHING THE SHEEP. 



The sheep were weighed as in previous tests, each lot being 

 weighed three days in succession at the beginning of the experiment 

 and again when on full feed and once in two weeks thereafter till 

 the close of the test, when they were again weighed three days in 

 succession. They were weighed on Monday, as soon as possible 

 after noon. It will be noted, therefore, that the weights given at 

 the beginning and end of the test are not a single day weighing but 

 the average of three days weighing in succession, which should give 

 very close to a correct average. 



VALUE OF THE FOOD. 



The values estimated for the hay and grain fed are given so as 

 to afford a basis of comparison with others, whose prices may be 

 more or less different. The prices are as follows : Clover hay, $5.00 

 per ton; barley, $1.00 per hundred pounds; oats, $1.00 per hundred 

 pounds; bran, 95c. per hundred pounds; and roots, $4.00 per ton. 



As the studies of the chemical department had shown that many 

 of these sheep were probably affected with internal parasites, all 

 of the "poison plant" and "locoed" sheep were treated with vermi- 

 fuges. A full account of the methods and results on this point, will 

 be discussed in a later bulletin by that department. 



