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TABLE VII. Continued. 



(a) The ewes received a ration of grain and alfalfa hay after lambing. 



(b) The ewes were continued on the same ration after lambing, as they 

 had been receiving before lambing excepting the amount was increased. 



The results of the various feeding trials with corn stover carried on 

 by the Missouri Experiment Station show that grain with corn 

 stover as the only roughness is more satisfactory than the corn stover 

 with a limited amount of clover hay. In both years of this experi- 

 ment, the ewes were fed such amounts of grain and clover hay as was 

 necessary to maintain them in thrifty, breeding condition. During 

 the first year there was little difference in the two lots of lambs at 

 birth. Afterwards when both lots were fed a ration of grain and 

 alfalfa hay no great difference was noticeable. The second year, 

 there was an appreciable difference in the condition and thrift of the 

 lambs at birth in favor of the lambs in Lot XI (grain and corn stover). 

 The lambs in Lot XI at the end of the first thirty days had made 

 greater average daily gains and were uniformly a superior lot of 

 lambs. Six of the ten ewes on the ration of corn stover and clover 

 hay were unable to suckle their lambs the second year when the lots 

 were continued on a ration of grain and corn stover. 



The first year Lot IV, which received grain, corn stover and clover 

 hay produced lambs superior to those in Lot I. The second year 

 the lambs in Lots XIV and XI were of practically the same quality 

 and condition at birth. 



The ewes in Lot XIV receiving the ration of grain, clover hay and 

 corn stover suckled their lambs a little better than did the ewes in 

 Lot XI receiving a ration of grain and corn stover. This is indicated 

 by the greater average daily gain made by the lambs in Lot XIV. 



