216 OHIO EXPERIMENT STATION: BULLETIN 270 



noticed that in calculating- the cost per pound, no credit is given for 

 the weight of the two lambs that died, while the feed eaten by these 

 two lambs and by their dams is charged. These lambs that died 

 had practically reached a marketable weight, one weighing 40 pounds 

 and the other 50 pounds, and it is perhaps no more than fair that 

 the weight of these two lambs be included in the total weight, which 

 would decidedly lower the cost of feed required to produce a 

 pound of gain in live weight. 



SALE OF LAMBS: FINANCIAL STATEMENT 



The lambs were sold for 35 cents per pound, dressed. The 

 following financial statement shows the amount remaining after 

 deducting the total cost of the feed consumed from the total 

 receipts from the sale of the lambs, wool and pelts. 



DR. 



Total cost of feed and pasture $ 66.72 



Express on lambs shipped to Columbus 3.80 



$ 70.52 

 CR. 

 343 pounds lamb at 35c per pound .................... $120.05 



14 pelts at 30c ......................................... 4.20 



116 pounds wool at 23c per pound .................... 26.68 



46.5 pounds gain on ewes at 3J^c per pound .......... 1.63 



$152.56 

 Balance above the cost of feed and marketing: 



Total ................................................... $ 82.04 



Per lamb.. 6.84 



LAMBS RAISED DURING THE WINTER OF 1912-13 



Pages 202-205 of this bulletin report the results of an experiment 

 with hothouse lambs conducted in 1912-13. The following pages 

 show the total cost of feed required to produce the 32 lambs used in 

 this experiment, together with 8 other lambs of similar breeding 

 but slightly younger in age. The lambs were slaughtered at 

 different dates, from February 5 to March 17, 1913, as they reached 

 the desired weight and degree of finish. Four lambs were not sold 

 because of demoralized shipping facilities when they were ready 

 to slaughter. 



INDIVIDUAL GAINS 



Table XIV shows the date of birth, the date slaughtered, and 

 the age and weight when slaughtered, also the daily gain 

 and the total gain made by the lambs from the time of birth until 



