RATIONS FOR FATTENING WESTERN SHEEP 



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SUMMARY 



1. In this experiment feeds were figured at the following 

 ces: Hay, $10 per ton; corn silage, $3.50 per ton; corn, 40 cents 

 r bushel; linseed oil meal, $32 per ton; cottonseed meal, $28 per 



2. At the above prices a ration of shelled corn, clover hay, and 

 rn silage was the most economical. 



3. The ration of shelled corn and clover hay ranked second 

 an economical feed for yearling sheep. 



4. As the price of corn and hay increases, it will be found 

 economical to add a nitrogenous supplement. In these trials lin- 

 seed oil cake was superior to cottonseed meal. 



5. Clover hay proved to be greatly superior to timothy hay as 

 a roughness for fattening western yearling sheep, with shelled corn 

 as the grain ration. 



6. The lot fed in the open required 6.4 bushels more corn for 

 each one hundred pounds gain, than did the lot fed on the same ra- 



ion in the barn. Feeding sheep in an open lot without shelter from 

 winter rains and snows is undoubtedly a poor practice. 



