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OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 179. 



FEEDING. 



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 regularity and during" the 

 interval between the time when the morning- feed had been eaten 

 and the time for feeding in the afternoon, were usually very quiet. 



PLATE II Arrangement of racks, and means of lighting* and ventilating*. {West side ol tarnj 



BEDDING. 



Bedding- was supplied in sufficient quantities to keep the pens 

 in good condition. The straw used for this purpose was for the 

 greater part oat straw, although a small amount of wheat straw was 

 used. Each pen was supplied with straw for bedding 1 about once 

 every five days, the averag-e daily amount used for each pen being- 7.23 

 pounds. The rejected portion of the roughage was used for bed- 

 ding, being- returned, after weighing, to the lot which refused it. 

 The roug-hage so rejected and used was for the most part not 

 suitable for food, being: made up largely of grain stubble and 

 the rougher portions of the stems of the hay plants. 



