FATTENING WESTERN LAMBS 



1915-1916 

 H. SKINNER F. G. KING 



SUMMARY 



PART I 



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

 ver hay did not affect the grain consumption, but 1.12 pounds of 



corn silage replaced .65 pound of clover hay in the daily ration 

 per lamb. 



2. Lambs fed shelled corn and clover hay gained 24 pounds 

 per head as. compared with 24.7 pounds by those fed corn silage 

 in addition. 



3. Four hundred fifty-two pounds of corn silage saved 12 

 pounds of corn and 283 pounds of clover hay in feed required for 

 each hundred pounds gain. 



4. The addition of corn silage increased the selling value of 

 e lambs and added 29 cents to the profit per head. 



PART II 



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5. Lambs receiving no dry roughage did not consume as large 

 quantities of grain but larger quantities of silage than those fed 

 dry roughage in addition to grain and silage. 



6. There was practically no difference in grain consumption 

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

 silage and clover hay for roughage. 



7. Lambs fed silage alone as roughage gained 17.5 pounds 

 per head at a cost of $8.86 per hundred pounds ; those fed silage 

 and oat straw for roughage gained 17.2 pounds per head at a cost 

 of $9.11 per hundred pounds; those fed silage and clover hay for 

 roughage gained 25.2 pounds per head at a cost of $8.26 per 

 hundred pounds. 



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

 were valued at $10.05 P er cw t- and returned a profit of 80 cents per 

 head; those fed shelled corn, cottonseed meal, oat straw and corn 

 silage were valued at $9.65 per cwt. and returned a profit of 46 

 cents per head ; those fed shelled corn, cottonseed meal, clover hay, 

 and corn silage were valued at $10.90 per cwt. and returned a profit 

 of $1.74 per head. 



PART III 



9. Lambs fed shelled corn and clover hay ate the same quan- 

 tity of grain but more hay than lambs fed shelled corn and alfalfa 

 hay. 



