Lamb Feeding for 1908-09. 



INTRODUCTION. 



It was with the idea of testing the value of Wyoming 

 grown grain for fattening purposes that the following experi- 

 ment was undertaken. Corn has long stood as the standard 

 cereal for fat production, and many feeders labor under the 

 impression that without its aid profitable stock feeding is well 

 nigh impossible. Will other grains adapted to Western high 

 altitude conditions yield satisfactory results? Reliable con- 

 clusions can only be arrived at through tests covering a period 

 of years, so it is hoped that this will serve but as an introduc- 

 tion to the subject. Future work will be carried on along 

 similar lines. 



OUTLINE OF THE EXPERIMENT. 



Table A will serve to show how the sheep were divided, 

 their weight at the beginning of the experiment, and what 

 feeds were given each lot : 



TABLE A. Divisions Made and Pccds Used. 



*One in this lot died early in the experiment. 



It will be observed that Lot III had only 34 animals. This 

 was due to the sudden death of one lamb eight days after the 

 test started. His weight and gain were deducted from the 

 initial weight of the lot, and he was entirely dropped from the 

 experiment. 



Similarly, Lot II lost one through death, but as it died 

 near the close of the period, its probable gain for the remaining 



