906 



difference of 38 cents per head in favor of clover hay. Had clover 

 hay and alfalfa hay been valued at the same price per ton there 

 would still have been a difference in profit of 22 cents per lamb in 

 favor of clover hay. 



PART IV 



COTTONSEED MEAL AS SUPPLEMENT TO RATIONS FOR 

 FATTENING LAMBS 



A comparison of Lots 6, 7, and 8 in Table IV shows the effect 

 of adding cottonseed meal to rations of shelled corn, clover hay, 

 and corn silage. Lot 6 received no cottonseed meal, Lot 7 received 

 one pound of cottonseed meal for every seven pounds of shelled 

 corn fed and Lot 8 received one pound of cottonseed meal for every 

 four pounds of shelled corn fed. All lots of lambs were started 

 on the same quantity of feed. The quantity of feed consumed was 

 the same in Lots 6 and 7 as regards grain, hay and silage and was 

 the same in all three lots as regards hay and silage. The difference 

 .in grain consumption between Lot 8 and Lots 6 and 7 was too 

 slight to be of any significance. 



TABLE: IV. Effect of Adding Cottonseed Meal to Rations for 

 Fattening Lambs, November 5, 1914 to February 3, 1915 



It will be noted in Table IV that there was practically the j 

 feed consumption in all three of the lots. The gain was increased 

 from 29.4 pounds per lamb to 30.1 pounds per lamb by the addition 

 of one pound of cottonseed meal to every seven pounds of corn and 

 was still further increased to 31.5 pounds per lamb by the addition 

 of one pound of cottonseed meal to four pounds of corn. Since 

 the feed consumption was practically the same in all lots it is read- 

 ily apparent that there was a slightly larger feed requirement per 

 pound of gain in Lot 6 than in Lot 7 and in turn larger in Lot 7 



