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Lot I. Grain and corn stover. 1911. 



Lot II. Grain and clover hay. 1911. 



Lot III. Grain, clover hay and corn silage. 1911. 



Lot IV. Grain, clover hay and corn stover. 1911. 



Lot V. Grain and corn silage. 1911. 



Lot VI. Grain and timothy hay. 1911. 



Lot VII. Clover hay and corn silage. 1911. 



Lot VIII. Clover hay and corn stover. 1911. 



Lot XI. Grain and corn stover. 1912. 



Lot XII. Grain and clover hay. 1912. 



Lot XIII. Grain, clover hay and corn silage. 1912. 



Lot XIV. Grain, clover hay and corn stover. 1912. 



Lot XV. Grain and corn silage. 1912. 



Lot XVI. Clover hay. 1912. 



Lot XVII. Clover hay and'corn silage. 1912. 



Lot XVIII. Clover hay and'corn stover. 1912. 



It was planned to have 17 ewes in each lot the first year of this ex- 

 periment, but some of the ewes did not get with lamb and were taken 

 out of the experiment, as this condition of barrenness could not be 

 attributed to the feed. This accounts for the different number of 

 ewes in the lots excepting in the case of the three lots which received 

 corn silage. During the fourth week of the first year of this experi- 

 ment, Lots III, V, and VII which were receiving silage in their ration 

 were fed some mouldy silage through a mistake on the part of the 

 feeder which resulted in the death of five ewes in each of Lots III and 

 V, and one ewe in Lot VII. The three lots were continued on the 

 same rations for three months after this trouble occurred, without 

 any further bad results. The same rations were fed from December 

 10, 1912 to April 1, 1913, without any trouble, hence it would seem 

 advisable in making comparisons not to consider the ewes which 

 died as a result of the mouldy silage. 



The ewes were charged with dead lambs in cases of abortion. 

 The second year all ewes proved to be with lamb. This year all lots 

 contained 10 ewes excepting Lot XI, in which one of the ewes had 

 to be removed before the experiment began, as she was not in a nor- 

 mal condition of health. Special care was taken in both the years of 

 this experiment to have all lots uniform as to size, quality and con- 

 dition. 



Other factors than the feed might affect the results of an experi- 

 ment with breeding ewes. For this reason, special effort was made 

 to keep all other factors as uniform as possible. 



