Expenditures : 



Cost, Lambs $ 855.06 $ 856.69 



Cost, driving overland 6.10 6.10 



Labor 45.00 45.00 



Gasoline for pumping 38.50 38.50 



Cost, grain fed October 30-March 1 312.16 312.16 



Cost, hay fed October 30-March 1 182.74 185.23 



Cost, additional grain 6.50 6.45 



Cost, additional hay 5.50 5.50 



Cost, feed at LaGrande 2.90 2.90 



Cost, feed at North Portland 15.85 15.84 



Cost, feed at Tacoma 2.90 2.90 



Expense Bill, man in charge 3.00 3.00 



Freight .... 117.35 116.65 



Total . ....$1593.56 $1625.08 



Net Profit $ 142.08 $ 132.95 



Net Profit per lamb. 0.57 0.52 



Price received per ton for hay 8.89 8.56 



Proft per lamb, excluding labor and gasoline 



charges 0.90 0.85 



Price received per ton for hay, excluding labor and 



gasoline charges 11.17 10.84 



SHKINKAGE 



Shrinkage, Caldwell Station Farm to Tacoma, Washington, 



counting dead lambs 11.2 per cent 



Shrinkage on live lambs, Caldwell Station Farm to Tacoma, 



Washington 9.6 per cent 



CONCLUSIONS 



The following are prominent among the conclusions that may be 

 drawn from the two experiments : 



1. Idaho lambs, even of the "cut back" type, can in favorable 

 years be used as a means of profitably marketing alfalfa hay, giving it 

 a farm value of from $9. to $15. per ton. 



2. The small grains of Idaho can be profitably fed to lambs, pro- 

 ducing a well fattened lamb. 



3. Methods of handling and market conditions are a big factor 

 in determining the measure of success in lamb feeding. 



4. Cutting or grinding of hay for lambs is not warranted by pre- 

 vailing prices for alfalfa in most sections of the state. 



5. Wheat combined with some oats is a safe feed for lambs and 

 produces more rapid gains and requires less pounds for a given amount 

 of gain as compared with barley. 



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