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LAMBS FROM LOT XV EWES WERE FED CORN SILAGE AND GRAIN. 



The mothers of this lot of lambs required from one-fourth to one-third 

 more grain to maintain them in good breeding condition than did the 

 ewes receiving corn silage, clover hay and grain. 



head per day and those in Lot III ranked last. This difference in 



the gains made by the lambs is probably not due so much to the feed 



the ewes received prior to lambing as to the difference in the number 



>f lambs the ewes suckled. The number of lambs raised by the 



various lots is represented by the following percentages: Lot III, 



140 per cent; Lot VII, 114.28 per cent; Lot V, 100 per cent. 



During the second year of this test when the ewes were fed the 

 same ration after lambing as they had received before the lambs 

 were dropped, the ration of corn silage, clover hay and grain proved 

 the most efficient. The lot of ewes receiving this ration gained more 

 in weight and condition, produced a higher per cent of lambs, and 

 suckled them better than the ewes in the other two lots. 



LAMBS FROM LOT XVII EWES WERE FED CORN SILAGE AND 



CLOVER HAY. 



This lot of lambs was the poorest of the three lots. The ewes receiving 

 silage and clover hay did not give sufficient milk to keep the lambs 

 in good condition of flesh. 



