14 OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 187. 



TABLE I Food consumed daily by each lot at different periods, pounds. 



The lambs in Lots 3 and 4 refused some of their grain during 

 part of the experiment, and, on this account, their grain allowance 

 was reduced somewhat, as shown in Table I. Aside from the above, 

 the lambs of all lots ate very well after becoming- accustomed to 

 their ration. As was previously stated, however, they learned very 

 slowly to eat grain. In the former experiment, the same amount of 

 roug-hag-e was allowed each lot. In this experiment, it was desi. ed 

 to feed each lot all the hay that would be eaten, so as to ascertain 

 more concerning- the effect of the stock food and the nitrogenous 

 concentrate oilmeal in this instance upon the consumption of 

 roug-hag-e. 



FEEDING. 



As in the former experiment, each day's ration was fed in two 

 equal portions: grain was fed at 7 a. m. and 4 p. m. followed by hay 

 in each instance. The lambs soon became accustomed to this regu- 

 larity, and were usually very quiet between feeds. 



BEDDING. 



Wheat straw was used for bedding, being supplied at all times 

 in sufficient quantities to keep the pens from becoming- at all filthy. 

 Besides the wheat straw, the refuse hay, consisting- chiefly of the 

 less palatable portions of the cloyer hay, was used as bedding- for 

 the lot which refused it. The average daily amount of bedding 

 (straw and refuse hay) for each of the lots was as follows: Lot 1, 

 10.74 pounds; Lot 2, 10.50 pounds; Lot 3, 10.70 pounds; Lot 4, 10.93 

 pounds. During- the later part of the experiment more bedding 

 than usual was used so as to render the manure more easily handled 

 by a manure spreader, as it was found that with the smaller allowance 

 of bedding the manure was too solid to work well in the spreader. 



