FATTENING WESTERN LAMBS 



J. H. SKINNER F. G. KING 



SUMMARY 



PARTI 



1. The addition of corn silage to a ration of shelled corn and 

 clover hay did not affect the grain consumption, but 1.38 pounds 

 of silage replaced .69 pound of clover hay in the daily ration per 

 lamb. 



2. Lambs fed a ration of shelled corn and clover hay gained 

 27.4 pounds per head in ninety days as compared with 29.4 pounds 

 per lamb when corn silage was added. 



3. Four hundred twenty-three pounds of silage saved 250 

 pounds of hay and 25 pounds of grain in feed required to make one 

 hundred pounds of gain. 



4. The addition of corn silage to the ration reduced the cost 

 of gain $1.21 per hundred pounds, slightly increased the selling 

 value of the lambs and increased the profit 40 cents per head. 



PART II 



5. Lambs receiving no dry roughage did not consume as 

 large quantities of grain as those fed some dry roughage. 



6. There was no difference in grain consumption between 

 lambs fed silage and oat straw for roughage and those fed silage 

 and clover hay for roughage. 



7. The silage consumption was somewhat in proportion to dry 

 roughage consumed, the largest quantity being eaten when no dry 

 roughage was fed and the smallest quantity when clover hay was 

 fed. 



8. Gains made by lambs fed silage alone for roughage were 

 23 pounds per head in ninety days at a cost of $6.74 per hundred 

 pounds; 27 pounds at a cost of $6.21 per hundred pounds when 

 silage and oat straw were fed; and 30.1 pounds at a cost of $7.37 

 per hundred weight when silage and clover hay were fed. 



9. Lambs fed shelled corn, cottonseed meal, and corn silage 

 were valued at $8.40 per hundred weight and returned a profit of 

 92 cents per head; lambs fed shelled corn, cottonseed meal, corn 

 silage and oat straw were valued at $8.50 per hundred weight and 

 returned a profit of $1.21 per head; lambs fed shelled corn, cotton- 

 seed meal, corn silage, and clover hay were valued at $8.75 per 

 hundred weight and returned a profit of $1.15 per head. 



