By shipping both decks full there would have resulted a saving 

 of $53.50. . The excessive delay at Umatilla necessitated three feeds of 

 hay, otherwise unnecessary, totaling 2015 pounds and costing $25.20 

 also adding $3.00 to the expenses of the man in charge. The total of 

 these unusual items is $81.70. Could they have been eliminated the 

 net profit would have been $14.19 on 297 head, or approximately five 

 cents per head. 



SHRINKAGE 



Lot I. Lot II. 



Average weight per head, Caldwell...: 94.4 Lbs. 96.8 Lbs. 



Average weight per head, North Portland 90.4 Lbs. 89.7 Lbs. 



Loss 4.0 Lbs. 7.1 Lbs. 



Shrinkage, per cent 4.2 7.3 



EXPERIMENT OF 1912-13 



The 1912-13 experiment was planned with three objects in view : 

 First, to demonstrate the possibility of a desirable market for alfalfa 

 hay by feeding it to lambs; second, to determine the possibility of 

 finishing lambs on native grains without corn ; third, to test the relative 

 feeding value of wheat and barley in lamb feeding. 



The lambs consisting of 513 head, were purchased of Scott An- 

 derson of Boise, and were weighed up on his ranch north of Boise, 

 October 15th, costing five cents per pound with an allowance of five 

 per cent for shrink. They were driven overland to the Station Farm 

 at Caldwell, arriving late October 16th. After a small feed of hay 

 they were turned on grain and alfalfa stubble and mixed pasture of 

 late seeding. No yards were available for enclosing the band at night 

 until October 29th, and as a result three head were killed by coyotes. 

 One lamb weighing 65 pounds died of pneumonia October 29th. This 

 left 509. 



The yards were bedded six inches deep with straw from the Station 

 Farm October 29th, and the lambs sorted, divided and weighed. They 

 were found to be a mixed lot cut back from tops sent to eastern mar- 

 kets. In the band were found 25 head of close fleeced, blocky lambs 

 showing a preponderance of Merino blood ; 294 big framed, long 

 wooled lambs of both Lincoln and Cotswold crosses; and 190 Shrop- 

 shire grades. Of the number showing a preponderance of Merino 

 blood, one was found to be two years old and two were yearlings. 

 The fleeces were still damp on the 29th from rains of the 27th and 28th, 

 and second weights were taken October 30th, which are used as initial 

 in the tables. Lot I. consisted of 254 lambs averaging 72.9 pounds 

 per head; Lot II. consisted of 255 lambs averaging 72.2 pounds per 



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