FATTENING RANGE LAMBS. 



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borne out by future results; yet it is believed that they are worthy 

 of consideration in relation to the fattening- of lambs under varying 

 market conditions. Further work along- this line is contemplated. 

 It is entirely possible that other problems of farm management 

 would sometimes make the feeding- of a heavy allowance of roughage 

 very desirable, even if a somewhat lower gain by the lambs would 

 result. For instance, feeders often have a proportionately larger 

 amount of roughage than of grain, or a heavy productionof manure 

 may be desirable, without time for feeding two lots of lambs. The 

 inexperienced feeder would doubtless find it best to proceed cautiously 

 and feed a more moderate grain ration until he has become inti- 

 mately acquainted with his work. 



RATE OF GAIN BY EWES AND WETHERS. 



TABLE VIII "Weights and gains of ewes and wethers. 



Total gains of wethers 1.810 pounds. 



Total gains of ewes 1,645 pounds. 



Excess of wethers' jjains over ewes' gains 10-03 percent. 



Data concerning the rate of gain made by ewes and by wethers 

 were secured with Lots 1, 2 and 4. 22 ewes and 22 wethers were in 

 each of these lots. The ewes and wethers were weighed separately 

 only once, on account of the inconvenience of securing three daily 

 weighings. In each pen the wethers made greater gains than did 

 the ewes. While this difference was not great, yet it was true with 

 all three of the lots. As will be seen, the wethers made approx- 

 imately 10 percent greater gains than did the ewes. Further work 

 along this line is planned, from which it is hoped that data relating 

 to the cost of gains as well as to the rate of gains may be obtained. 



SHIPPING, YARDING AND SALE. 



The lambs, with 30 others not in the experiment, were shipped 

 from Big Prairie on April 16, being loaded in the afternoon. They 

 were sold on the regular market at Pittsburg, April 17. All lots 

 were sold together at $8.90 per hundredweight. The 206 head were 

 allowed free access to water and were fed 2 bushels of corn and 350 



