The lambs were shipped on January 24th, filling but three decks 

 of two freight cars. The transportation charges were for two full 

 carloads at the rate of $107.00 per car. This saddled the feeding ex- 

 periment with $53.50 not necessary, could more lambs have been 

 fed or could one deck have been disposed of locally to advantage. The 

 lambs arrived at Umatilla on the evening of January 26th, and for 

 reasons as yet unsatisfactorily explained by the railroad officials, were 

 not released until 11:00 A. M., January 28th. This long delay re- 

 quired the feeding of 3,060 pounds of hay, at a cost of $38.25, two- 

 thirds of which could have been saved, and $3.00 extra on the ex- 

 penses of the man in charge. The total charges for freight, feed and 

 yardage, Caldwell to Portland, a distance of 477 miles, were $300.45, 

 unquestionably excessive. 



By eliminating unusual charges shown above, the lambs showed 

 a small profit, in spite of the fact that they were sold at a time when 

 the market was too low to offer much hope for successful grain feeding. 

 The experienced feeder likes to have a "spread" or increase of at least 

 one and one-half cents net between his buying and selling price to pay 

 for feed and for his profit. Could the lambs have been sold on this ba- 

 sis, they would have netted $1.13 per head, or selling the hay through 

 the lambs, it would have brought $15.00 per ton. 



The above facts are given in detail because this bulletin is planned 

 to furnish the prospective feeder practical information and to pre- 

 sent the difficulties as well as the more favorable aspects of the lamb 

 feeding business. The tables for the 1910-11 experiments follow: 



