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of gain, the lambs receiving timothy hay in no case made gains as 

 cheap by $1.52 per cwt. as did those fed clover hay; and in one 

 trial there was a difference of $3.39 per cwt. in cost of gain. When 

 reduced to a uniform basis of $12.00 per ton for timothy hay and 

 $10.00 per ton for clover hay, there was, on an average of three 

 trials, a difference in cost per 100 pounds gain in favor of clover 

 lay of $1.91 when corn was valued at 40 cents per bushel, of $2.14 

 ith corn at 50 cents per bushel, and of $2.38 with corn at 60 cents 

 bushel. 



In addition to the difference in cost of gains the finish acquired 

 >y the lambs was a good criterion of the feeding value of the two 

 Masses of roughage. At the end of the first trial, the lambs fed 

 timothy hay were valued 40 cents per cwt. less than those fed 

 :lover hay. In the last trial (the second trial was discontinued 

 before values could be taken) the difference in selling value was 

 cents per cwt. The lambs fed timothy hay were in little bet- 

 ter than good feeding condition when sold, while those fed clover 

 hay carried very good finish. 



IORN, COTTONSEED MEAL AND TIMOTHY HAY vs. CORN, COTTON- 

 SEED MEAL AND CLOVER HAY 



Further comparisons between timothy and clover hay were 

 made when a nitrogenous concentrate in the form of cottonseed 

 meal was added to both rations. One pound of this commercial 

 feed was fed for every seven pounds of corn. The addition of this 

 feed which is high in protein assisted greatly to balance the ration 

 of corn and timothy hay but it also had a somewhat beneficial effect 

 on the ration of corn and clover. The marked superiority of clover 

 hay over timothy was almost as evident in this series, of trials as 

 when no cottonseed meal was fed. 



Table II shows the comparison of the following rations: 



Shelled corn, cottonseed meal and timothy hay; 



Shelled corn, cottonseed meal and clover hay. 



