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the oats, refused to eat as much hay as the lambs in Lot 6 not re- 

 ceiving oats. This difference in feed consumption was not extreme- 

 ly marked yet it showed some difference in the appetites of the 

 lambs. The gains were slightly larger in Lot 6 not receiving oats, 

 the total gain being 29.4 pounds per lamb in ninety days as com- 

 pared with 27.6 pounds per lamb when the grain ration consisted 

 of corn and oats. The grain and hay required to make a pound 

 of gain was slightly greater in Lot 6 than in Lot 2 receiving oats 

 but the silage requirement per pound of gain was larger in the 

 latter lot. Each hundred pounds of gain cost $7.41 in Lot 6 and 

 $7.79 in Lot 2. The lambs not receiving oats were valued at $8.65 

 per hundred pounds as compared with $8.60 per hundred pounds 

 for lambs fed oats in addition to the corn. The profit per lamb 

 was $1.04 in Lot 6 as compared with 87 cents in Lot 2 receiving 

 the oats in addition to the corn. 



PART VI 



OPEN SHED VS. BARN AS SHELTER FOR FATTENING 



LAMBS 



The influence of the kind of shelter on fattening lambs was 

 studied in this experiment by feeding one lot of twenty-five lambs 

 in an open shed, 14 by 16 feet, with an open lot 14 by 14 feet in 

 connection, and another lot of lambs, apparently similar in every 

 way, upon the same ration, in a barn. The lot of twenty-five lambs 

 in the barn was allowed a floor space 14 by 24 feet. The ceiling of 

 the barn in which these lambs were fed is ten feet high. No other 

 live stock was kept in the barn which has a total floor space of 36 

 by 44 feet. Two windows, one on the south and another on the 

 east, were kept open at all times; two windows on the north were 

 kept open except in bad weather. Both lots of lambs were fed a 

 ration of shelled corn, clover hay, and corn silage. The results of 

 the trial are shown in Table VI. 



TABLE VI. Open Shed vs. Barn as Shelter for Fattening Lambs, 

 November 5, 1914 to February 3, 1915 



