34 OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 187 



STOCK FOOD. 



Since the lot which received stock food made slightly more 

 economical gains from the standpoint of food consumed for a 

 given gain, than the lot which did not receive it in 1905-06, and in 

 1906-07 made slightly less economical utilization of the food con- 

 sumed, it is not possible, on the basis of these experiments, to say 

 that stock food is either beneficial or harmful. The variation in 

 either case was so slight that it cannot be said that it was due to 

 the stock food used. 



HEAVY OR MEDIUM GRAIN FEEDING. 



The results of one experiment indicate that lambs fed upon a 

 heavy grain ration will produce gains with a lower consumption of 

 feed than will lambs fed upon a moderate grain ration. The plan 

 of the test, however, was interfered with somewhat and further 

 work is needed before definite conclusions may safely be drawn. 



RATE OF GAIN BY EWES AND BY WETHERS. 



"V^ethers made approximately 10 percent greater gains in live 

 weight than did ewes. These results were very uniform in three 

 different pens, each of which contained 22 ew r es and 22 wethers. 



MANURE. 



Data secured in both of the tests reported herein show that 

 manure from fattening lambs has a very high fertilizing value, on 

 the basis of its nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash content. 



The manure from the lots fed cottonseed meal or linseed oil- 

 meal, carried in every instance more nitrogen, phosphoric acid and 

 potash than did that from the lots fed a grain ration consisting solely 

 of corn. In both experiments the added value of the manure was 

 more than offset by the increased cost of the linseed oilmeal or 

 cottonseed meal. The increased value of the manure produced 

 from different feeds is worthy of consideration, since market con- 

 ditions might vary sufficiently to justify the feeding of linseed oil- 

 meal or of cottonseed meal from the standpoint of manure pro- 

 duction alone. 



If sheep manure is to be handled by a manure spreader it is 

 well to supply a fairly liberal amount of bedding. It was found that 

 when only a moderate amount was used, the manure was too solid 

 to be handled well by the spreader. 



SHRINKAGE IN SHIPPING. 



In all instances where medium grain rations were fed the lots 

 fed corn alone shrank somewhat less in shipment, but the difference 

 was very slight. 



