EXPERIMENTS IN WINTER LAMB PRODUCTION 



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WEIGHTS AND GAINS 



Table V shows the weekly weights and gains and the total and 

 average daily gain made by each lot. As in Experiment I, the lambs 

 in Lot 1, whose dams were fed corn and oilmeal as a grain ration 

 made slightly larger gains than did the lambs in Lot 2, whose dams 

 were fed a grain ration consisting of corn, oats, bran, and oilmeal. 

 The ewes in Lot 1 made a slight gain, while those in Lot 2 lost in 

 weight during the experiment. 



TABLE V. EXPERIMENT II: Weekly weights and gains, and total gains 



Lotl 



Lot 2 



"The weekly trains in this column include the birth weights of the lambs bom during- the experi- 

 ment, but the total train and average daily grain per head is the gain actually produced during the 

 experiment. See following 1 note. 



* : ' : 'A record was kept of the weight of each lamb at time of birth. The sum of these -syeig-hts was 

 added to the gain (or loss) made by t he ewes and subtracted from the sum of the weekly gains made by 

 the lambs, to get the actual gain made by the ewes and lambs respectively 



tOne lamb died at birth, weight 5.5 pounds. Ewe removed from lot, weight 66 pounds. 



COST OF GAINS 



Table VI shows the amount and value of the feed fed to each 

 lot, and the cost of feed per pound of gain made by the lambs in each 

 lot, with feed at the prices indicated in the table. In calculating 

 the cost of gain produced by the lambs, the gain or loss made by 

 the ewes is valued at 3^ cents per pound. Table VI shows that 

 the lambs in Lot 1, whose dams were fed a grain ration of corn and 

 oilmeal made a gain which cost 1.4 cents less per pound than the 

 gain made by the lambs in Lot 2, whose dams were fed a grain 

 ration of corn, oats, bran and oilmeal. 



