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It will be noted that there was no difference in the feed con- 

 sumption between the lambs fed in the open shed and those fed in 

 the barn. The grain, hay and silage consumption was exactly equal 

 in both lots. The difference in rate, of gain between the lambs fed 

 in the barn and in the open shed was too small to be of any signif- 

 icance, the difference being only .2 pound per lamb in ninety days. 

 There was only six cents difference in the cost for each hundred 

 pounds of gain. The lambs fed in the open shed were valued ten 

 cents per hundred pounds higher than the lambs fed in the barn. 

 This was not due to difference in finish but to difference in firmness 

 of flesh, the lambs in the barn being considerably softer than those 

 fed in the open shed. The profit per lamb was ten cents greater 

 when they were fed in the open shed than when fed in the barn. 

 This was due primarily to the difference in selling price caused by 

 the softness of flesh in the lambs fed in the barn. 





SUMMARY 



In reporting experimental data, the lambs are valued at $7.45 

 per hundred weight in order to give data such as would be secured 

 had the lambs been purchased at the time the trial began. This 

 eliminates market fluctuations between the time the lambs were pur- 

 chased and the beginning of the experiment, and also the factor of 

 cheap gains on grass. The top price for feeding lambs when the trial 

 began was $7.15 per hundred pounds. Thirty cents for expenses in 

 buying and shipping to the feed lot made the initial estimated cost 

 $7.45 per hundred weight. The final values are based on valua- 

 tions on the basis of the Chicago market by commission men. The 

 market was higher when the lambs were sold than when they were 

 valued thereby returning more actual profit to the Station than is 

 wn in the experimental data. 



