FATTENING RANGE LAMBS 13 



TREATMENT PREVIOUS TO EXPERIMENT. 



The lambs were shipped from Chicago on November 5, 1906, 

 arriving" at the farm the following day, November 6th. They were 

 tllowed to graze upon bluegrass pasture with no grain until Nov- 

 imber 13th, after which time they were put into the barn each night 

 tnd fed a very small amount of shelled corn only about four quarts 

 the entire flock of about 350 head. The lambs were very slow in 

 learning to eat grain: on November 27, when first shut in the barn 

 permanently, the entire flock received one-half bushel of grain daily. 

 This amount was gradually increased, so that when the experiment 

 ?gan, on December 22, each of Lots 1,2 and 4 received 24 pounds of 

 grain, while Lot 3 received 26 pounds. Hay was kept in the racks 

 before the lambs from the time they were first kept in the barn at 

 night. While on grass during the day they consumed very little 

 hay, but ate it readily after being shut in the barn permanently. 



RATIONS. 



All of the lambs were fed corn and clover hay alike, until the 

 initial weights for the experiment were secured. 



It was planned to feed grain rations as follows to the four lots 

 of lambs. 



Lot 1, corn, 5 parts; linseed oilmeal, 1 part. 



Lot 2, corn, stock food. 



Lot 3, corn (about one-sixth more than lot 4 received). 



Lot 4, corn. 



Lots 1, 2 and 4 received, as a rule, the same amount of grain 

 daily per lot. Table I shows the average amount of the various 

 concentrates consumed daily by each of the four lots of lambs 

 during each of the four four-week periods of the test. 



All four lots of lambs were fed clover hay in such quan- 

 tities as they would consume without excessive waste. The 

 clover was of good quality. The amount of clover refused by the 

 various lots will show something of its purity. Some coarser parts 

 of the plants were left, but what was left was not very palatable and 

 had little feeding value. All corn used was shelled before weighing 

 and feeding. 



In this experiment most of the oilmeal used was finely ground. 

 A small amount of the "pea size" was used. At first the lambs did 

 not seem to relish the finely ground meal, but soon came to eat it 

 very well. 



The stock food was of the same brand and lot that was used in 

 the previous experiment, purchased from a local dealer. The lambs 

 ate it very readily throughout the experiment. 



