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SUMMARIES OF TRIALS 



The true practical measure of a fattening ration is the final 

 ancial results of the feeding operation. No single factor is a 

 sure index of the value of a ration. The number of variable fac- 

 tors involved in lamb feeding is so large that it is impossible to dis- 

 cuss them in all the various and complex combinations. For any 

 mmary, the variable factors must be presented as they actually 

 :curred. Complete financial statements of a feeding trial with the 

 riable factors such as cost of lambs, cost of feed, selling price of 

 lambs, etc., as they occurred during the trial are presented in the 

 following tables in order to show their effect on the final results 

 and also to present clearly the financial side of the lamb feeding 

 trials reported in this bulletin. Although the feeding has not proven 

 tisfactory in a financial way the comparative value of rations is 

 ikingly demonstrated. The following complete statements of the 

 ials should prevent any misinterpretation of the relative values 

 the different rations fed. 



SUMMARY OF TRIAL OP 1910-11. In this trial it is noted that 

 cost of the lambs in the feed lot at the beginning of the. trial was 

 '.80 per cwt. (30 cents more than Chicago cost) and that the high- 

 price received for any of them was $5.80 per cwt. (60 cents less 

 an Chicago value) in the lot and the lowest price received was 

 .15 per cwt. The effect of the high cost of feeding lambs and the 

 w price received for the fat lambs resulted, in spite of economical 

 ins, in a loss in every lot of lambs fed. Considering that the 

 lue of the manure offsets the cost of feeding, the lambs would 

 ve had to sell from 25 cents to $1.56 per cwt. higher than they 

 tually did in order to pay out on the transaction. The smallest 

 s was in the lot fed corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay and corn 

 ge twice daily. The lambs fed corn, clover hay and corn silage 

 ce daily lost 31 cents per cwt. while those fed cottonseed meal in 

 dition to the corn, clover and silage lost 39 cents per cwt. The 

 bs fed corn and clover hay with and without cottonseed meal 

 turned losses of 53 cents and 60 cents per cwt. respectively. The 

 .nibs fed corn and timothy hay lost $1.56 per cwt. The addition 

 f cottonseed meal to the ration of corn and timothy hay reduced 

 loss of $1.56 per cwt. to a loss of 85 cents per cwt. 



The ration giving best results consisted of shelled corn 7 parts, 

 ttonseed meal I part, and all the corn silage and clover hay the 

 bs would eat. The poorest ration consisted of shelled corn and 

 othy hay. 



