PARTI 



IORN SILAGE AND CLOVER HAY AS ROUGHAGE FOR 

 FATTENING LAMBS 



Part I of this bulletin is a report of a trial to show the compara- 

 value of clover hay and clover hay and corn silage as roughage 

 >r fattening lambs. Both lots of lambs were started on feed with 

 ration of 14 pounds of oats daily for twenty-five lambs. At the 

 id of seven days, corn was added to the ration and oats gradually 

 liminated until by the seventeenth day on experiment each lot of 

 ibs was receiving the experimental rations alone. This is a long- 

 period of time than is usually required for getting lambs on a 

 traight corn ration. This drove of lambs, however, did not learn 

 eat grain as readily as other droves of lambs that have been fed. 

 icy were also very slow about learning to eat silage and it was 

 )t until the seventeenth day that they ate more than one pound of 

 ilage daily per lamb. The highest daily consumption of silage at 

 ly time during the experiment by Lot 6 was 30 pounds for twenty- 

 ive lambs. At no time during the trial did the lambs eat less than 

 pound of hay daily per head. When no silage was fed, more than 

 le and four-fifths pounds of hay daily per head were consumed by 

 ic lambs. This shows that this drove of lambs was inclined to 

 ivor hay above grain and silage as compared with lambs fed in 

 revious years. The results of the trial are shown in Table I. 



I. Corn and Clover Hay vs. Corn, Clover Hay, and Corn 

 Silage for Fattening Lambs, October 28, 1915 to 

 February 5, 1916 



RATION 



iverage initial weight 

 Lverage final weight 

 rain per lamb 

 ivenige daily gain 

 Lverage daily feed per lamb 



grain 



hay 



silage 



d per pound gain 



grain 



hay 



silage 



)st per 100 Ibs. gain 

 lling value of lamb 

 rofit per lamb 



