FATTENING RANGE L'AMBS. 



SALT. 



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Each lot of lambs received, twice weekly, until February 26. 

 one and one-fourth pounds of a mixture made up, by weight, of 

 four parts salt to one part sulphur. Beginning- February 26, one 

 and one-half pounds of the mixture was fed to each lot twice weekly. 



QUARTERS. 



The lambs were fed in a barn 64 by 100 feet f see Plate I) with 

 hay storage above. A row of 8 pens 12.5 feet wide by 26 feet long 

 (these measurements include the space occupied by feed racks and 

 watering tanks) was on each side of the barn, with a 12-foot drive- 

 way between the two rows of pens. Racks for hay and grain ex- 

 tended along each side of each pen, giving about 50 feet of feeding 

 space for each 44 lambs; water was supplied in automatically regu- 

 lated tanks, one located at the end of each alternate feeding rack, so 

 that one tank furnished water for two lots. The racks and tanks 

 thus arranged formed the partitions between the different pens. 



II Showing construction of combined hay and grain rack. 



Vertical partitions (shown in Plate II) divided the racks for the lots 

 under experiment. Besides the doors (on the east) and windows 

 (on the west) there were large doors at each end of the driveway 

 and a large opening at the center of the barn, into the havmow. 



