907 



than in Lot 8. This difference was not great. The cost per hun- 

 dred pounds of gain was $7.41 in Lot 6 receiving no cottonseed 

 meal, $7.37 in Lot 7 receiving a smaller amount of cottonseed meal 

 and $7.17 in Lot 8 receiving a larger amount of cottonseed meal. 

 The lambs in Lot 6 fed no cottonseed meal were valued at $8.65 

 per hundred pounds and returned a profit of $1.04 per head. The 

 lambs in Lot 7 receiving a small amount of cottonseed meal were 

 valued at $8.75 per hundred pounds and returned a profit of $1.15 

 per head. The lambs in Lot 8 fed the larger quantity of cottonseed 

 meal were valued at $8.85 per hundred pounds and returned a profit 

 of $1.32 per head. This trial bears out previous data at this sta- 

 tion on the same subject with the exception that in previous trials 

 there has been practically no difference in the gains or selling value 

 of the lambs receiving the two different proportions of cottonseed 



KPART V 

 THE VALUE OF OATS FOR LAMBS 

 Oats are probably as good grain as can be found for starting 

 bs on feed and this station makes a practice of teaching the 

 bs to eat by feeding them oats. However, there is quite a prac- 

 ice among sheep feeders of feeding oats throughout the entire feed- 

 period. The economy of such a practice has been under investi- 

 tion at this station for three years. The trial conducted in the 

 winter of 1914-15 is reported in this bulletin. Lot 6 was fed shelled 

 corn, clover hay, and corn silage and Lot 2 was fed a grain mixture 

 of corn two parts, oats one part, clover hay and corn silage. The 

 Its are shown in Table V. 



V. Corn vs. Corn and Oats as Grain for Fattening Lambs, 

 November 5, 1914 to February 3, 1915 



For forty days the grain consumption was the same in both 

 lots but thereafter the lambs in Lot 6 would consume slightly larger 

 quantites of grain. The difference in the appetites was shown at 

 the end of three weeks in hay consumption when Lot 2 receiving 



