barley fed lot. Contrary to the prediction of some sheepmen no dif- 

 ficulty was found in getting the sheep to take the full feed of wheat 

 and no more lambs were "off" feed or had digestive trouble than in 

 the barley fed lot. 



In the financial statement for this experiment, the wheat fed 

 lambs are found to return a gross of only $22.39 more and to net $9.13 

 less than the barley lot. The explanation for this slight advantage 

 on gross returns is found in the selections of the buyer of the Carstens 

 Packing Company. In his elimination of 23 inferior lambs, eight were 

 taken from the barley fed lot and fifteen from the wheat lot. These 

 cut outs were sold locally at a considerably decreased price. This elim- 

 ination, together with a little more feed consumed by Lot II. and ten 

 cents per hundredweight higher cost of wheat compared with barley, 

 threw the financial balance to favor the barley fed lambs. This enabled 

 Lot I. to net five cents more per head, or return 33 cents more per ton 

 for hay. 



It is the common experience of feeders that lambs refuse the 

 coarser and more woody stems of the alfalfa. This waste is most 

 marked in feeding first cutting hay. A careful record was kept of all 

 spoiled hay and stems that were not eaten by the lambs. This amounted 

 to 5.3 tons with Lot I. and 6.6 tons with Lot II. The wheat fed lambs,, 

 though making more rapid and more economical gains, were more 

 fastidious and wasteful in their eating of hay. The total hay con- 

 sumption was 73.54 tons. Of this 11.9 tons, or 16 per cent, was waste. 

 The hay actually eaten by the lambs was 61.64 tons. Could the lambs 

 have been induced to eat this amount up clean and it been made to pro- 

 duce the same results, as were produced by offering the larger amount, 

 by cutting or chopping, 11.9 tons valued at $59.50 would have been 

 saved. The cutting, however, at $1. per ton, the price commonly charg- 

 ed for the same, would have cost $61.64. Grinding would have been 

 much more expensive. The conclusion is obvious, that with alfalfa 

 hay having a farm value of from $3.50 to $6.00 per ton cutting or 

 grinding is inadvisable and unprofitable. 



Four lambs were lost before grain feeding began, as already indi- 

 cated. Two that had evidently come from the range with enlarged 

 jaws, died soon after starting the experiment. A small lamb died from 

 Lot I. and two medium sized lambs from Lot II. One of the two latter 

 died from pneumonia and the other with diarrhea. The last mentioned 

 is the only loss that might be ascribed to wheat feeding. Just before 

 shipping another lamb was lost from Lot II. These losses account for 

 the decrease of number of lambs in each lot as the feeding period ad- 

 vanced. 



The lambs were sold to the Carstens Packing Co. of Tacoma at 

 7 l-2c per pound weighed up at Tacoma after cutting back 23 head as 

 indicated before. The lambs were large and vigorous, averaging 106 



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