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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 187 



The pens occupied by the four lots used in this experiment were 

 the north four pens east of the alley. Lot 1 was farthest north, the 

 lots being" numbered consecutively towards the south. 



Throughout the experiment the lambs w*ere taken from the pens 

 once each week to be weighed, but aside from this were 

 seldom out of the pens, which afforded only a trifle over 7 square 

 feet per lamb. Although these range lambs had previously been 

 accustomed to an abundance of outdoor exercise, they seemed to 

 suffer no inconvenience from the close confinement. 



WEIGHTS OF LAMBS. 



While all lots were yet receiving corn and clover, each lot of 

 lambs was weighed for three consecutive days at 7 a. m., before food 

 or water had been given. The average of these three weights is 

 considered the initial weight. At the close of the experiment the 

 final weight of each lot was ascertained in the same manner. In 

 all instances the lambs were kept from water after 5 p. m. of the 

 day previous to the weighing. As is usually the case, it was found 

 that the weights of any given lot varied considerably from day to 

 day. The reason for this variation is not apparent, but its occur- 

 rence is a matter of common observation, even when the strictest 

 regularity is observed in feeding and weighing. Throughout the 

 experiment each lot of lambs was weighed once every Friday at 7 

 a. m., having been kept from water since 5 p. m. of the previous 

 day. 



TABLE II Weekly, initial and final weights, and weekly gains. 

 All weights taken at 7 o'clock a. m. 



