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FINANCIAL RESULTS WITH SHEEP. 



Table No. 3 gives a summary and the financial result in feeding 

 sheep for the winter of 1904-5. In this table lots 3 and 4 are 

 figured together as one lot as they were fed practically the same 

 during the time f the test, and for the second part of the experiment 

 with these sheep they were fed together. In figuring the cost of 

 the sheep, lots I and 2 and 5 and 6 are estimated at 3 cents per 

 pound. This was the actual cost of lots 5 and 6. Lots I and 2, 

 when purchased in the spring of 1904 cost considerably more than 

 the price here stated, but the experiment in the summer decreased 

 their value, and I think the estimated value given will be fully high 

 enough for the class of stock. The "locoed" sheep were figured at 

 one dollar per head, which was practically the cost of having them 

 laid down at Bozeman. They were donated to us by Mr. J. F. Ash- 

 bury of Big Timber, and the cost to us was merely the freight 

 to get the sheep to Bozeman. The experiment with lots I, 2, 5 and 

 6 continued for 65 days, when the sheep were sold. Lots 3 and 4 

 were fed for 123 days. The various items considered in this table 

 are very interesting and worthy of study. In summing up the pro- 

 fits on the feeding, it will be noticed that the wethers gave a little 

 [the largest profit. This was due to the fact that these animals- 

 weighed more and the increase in price on the original weight of 

 the animals from 3 to 4 cents made really more than the difference 

 in the profits noted in lots I and 2 and 5 and 6. After paying 

 market prices for the feed, these sheep returned 46 to 50 cents each 

 for lots i and 2 and 82 to 73 cents for lots 5 and 6. Lots 3 and 4 (the 

 u locoed"sheep), after feeding for 123 days, sold for $94.03, giving 

 on the 29 sheep a return of $20.73, or 7 1 cents per head. This shows- 

 that such sheep, if properly handled and fed long enough to get 

 them in condition, can be fed at a profit. 



