FEED PRICES 



Feeds used in the following experiments are charged at prices 

 that are considered a fair average, if bought in ton lots on the farm, 

 during the period of 1910-13. In order to easily compare results se- 



Trough used in feeding grain. 



cured in the two experiments uniform prices are used in figuring cost 

 of feeding stuffs. Feeds are, therefore, charged, as follows: 



Alfalfa Hay, per ton $5.00 



Corn, per hundredweight 1.40 



*Wheat, per hundredweight 1.20 



Barley, per hundredweight 1.00 



Oats, per hundredweight 1.00 



*The wheat used in 1912-13 contained five per cent barley and was 

 valued at $1.10 per hundredweight. 



EXPERIMENT OF 1910-11 



This experiment was conducted to determine if it were profitable 

 and practical to dispose of alfalfa hay by feeding it to lambs and to 

 test out a combination of corn and native grains for feeding lambs for 

 market. 



The lambs were all wethers, consisting of 139 head of Lincoln- 

 Merinos and 161 head of Shropshire-Merinos, purchased of Montie B. 

 Gwinn of Boise. The 300 lambs cost $3.25 per head, and averaged 

 65.7 pounds, October 26th, before the division. On November 1st they 



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