pounds when driven from the Station Farm March 3d. They were 

 loaded in two double decked cars spotted for the purpose and freshly 

 sanded. Soon after the sheep were loaded evidence was found that 

 the cars had not been properly cleaned before sanding. The lambs 

 kicked the sand to the edge of the cars uncovering a deep ridge of ice 

 mixed with some manure. The warmth of the sheep melted the ice 

 and those that laid down had wet heavy fleeces and after being trampled 

 upon lost strength rapidly. Due to this and combined with unusually 

 warm weather for the time of the year in the valleys of Eastern Oregon 

 10 lambs valued at $66.20 were lost in transit. The run to Tacoma was 

 made in good time. 



In the financial statement the lambs are found to have made a 

 reasonable profit above expenses. In this list of expenses are found 

 $90. for labor and $77. for gasoline. The extra labor came from com- 

 bining the labor of the Caldwell Farm with the feeding experiment. The 

 gasoline charge came from the fact that the only engine available for 

 pumping water was several times the necessary horse power. On the 

 farm the manure is worth the labor involved and the farm water supply 

 is ordinarily sufficient to supply a considerable band of lambs. By 

 eliminating these items the alfalfa hay was sold through the lambs for 

 $11.17 per ton in Lot I. and $10.84 per ton in Lot II. Under favorable 

 conditions the losses from coyotes and in shipping might have been 

 avoided, giving the hay an added value in each Lot of approximately $1. 

 per ton. 



The lambs were kept too long and when sold were too large to 

 suit market conditions. Thomas Carstens of the Carstens Packing Co. 

 wrote as follows : "While the quality of these lambs is first class, still 

 the butchers will kick on account of their size everybody seems to 

 be in love with 35 to 40 pound lambs (when dressed). In fact the 

 smaller the better they like them, as long as they are fat." The Car- 

 stens Co. buyer pronounced the finish from small grain to be of high 

 quality, making no distinction between the wheat fed and the barley 

 fed results. 



The question is frequently asked as to whether it will pay to 

 buy corn. The feeding of 1912-13 was successful without the use of a 

 pound of corn. 



The lambs were fed by Chas. Hampson, superintendent of the 

 Caldwell Station Farm. Mr. Hampson had fed cattle, but had no prev- 

 ious experience with sheep. 



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