Ration Experiments ll'itli Lambs, 1905-06. 

 SHRINK AND YIELD OF LAMBS. 



TABLE E Shrink and Yield of Lambs. 



This table is of considerable interest, because it shows the 

 shrink of lambs shipped by rail. The lambs were shipped from 

 Laramie to Omaha, a distance of 576 miles. They were un- 

 loaded once, as required by the 28-hour law, the unloading 

 point being Grand Island, Nebraska. The lambs were fed 

 there, pea hay having been taken along for the pea-fed lot and 

 alfalfa and corn bought on the ground for the alfalfa and corn- 

 fed lambs. There were no facilities for feeding or watering, 

 the corn being scattered on the ground, and water being sup- 

 plied in a high trough, for which a sloping platform was im- 

 provised, in order that the lambs might reach the water. 

 Although very thirsty, many lambs refused to drink because 

 of their fear for the platform. The best alfalfa hay that could 

 be secured was very coarse stemmed and bleached by rains. 

 The lambs scarcely touched it. Under such circumstances the 

 unloading of the lambs is much more cruel than would be the 

 continuance of the run to a point having proper facilities for 

 their care in the yards. The author of this bulletin accom- 

 panied the lambs to market and took personal charge of 

 them, and does not hesitate to say that unloading lambs at 

 the end of 24 to 36 hours, as required by law, often involves 

 more cruelty to animals than would a continuance of the run. 

 If live stock is to be unloaded at set intervals of time, proper 

 feed yards should be furnished close enough together so that 



