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and feterita chops, in addition to all the silage made from milo and 

 feterita that the lambs would consume. After the lambs had been on 

 feed for a period of fifty days, the cotton seed meal and milo and 

 feterita chops were each increased to one pound per head. It is inter- 

 esting to note that the lambs purchased by Mr. W averaged ten pounds 

 heavier at the outset than did those reported in this test. The lambs 

 owned by Mr. W were on feed for a longer period of time than were 

 the experimental lambs, and at the time of marketing averaged ap- 

 proximately the same as the lambs reported in this test. It is inter- 

 esting to observe that the lambs belonging, to Mr. W , from the out- 

 set, received one-half pound cotton seed meal daily per lamb, while at 

 no time during the progress of the test herein reported did. the 

 experimental lambs receive more than 0.48 pound cotton seed meal per 

 head daily. It is obvious that by the practice of such wasteful methods 

 in feeding that Mr. W lost money on his bunch of lambs, while the 

 Boog-Scott lambs netted a neat profit. 



In the fattening of lambs the success of the undertaking depends 

 largely upon the ability of the feeder. Every feeder should have some 

 knowledge of live stock and should be well enough informed upon the 

 subject of feeding to know whether or not the lambs are remaining "on 

 feed" and continuing to make good gains. In reference to Mr. W 's 

 lambs, it is here appropriate to state that Mr. W had a good supply 

 of the proper kinds of feed but the difficulty in his case was that he 

 had in his employ a man who was not at all familiar with live stock, 

 knew nothing about the feeding of animals, and was unable to deter- 

 mine whether the lambs were increasing or declining in weight. 



In fattening lambs the amateur feeder is cautioned to avoid ship- 

 ping half-fat lambs to market, as such a practice shows inconsistency 

 on his part as a feeder, and in instances where large numbers are fed 

 the loss is likely to be large. 



TABLE III. 



SUMMARY OF EXPERIMENT. 



Lot 1 Lot 2 



250 lambs 251 lambs 



Purchase value of lambs per hundred pounds $ 5.75 $ 5.75 



Initial weight of lambs' (pounds) 11,638 11,778 



Gain during first 83 days 7,014 6,198 



Gain during last 36 days 559 1,155.8 



Total gain made by lambs 7,573 7,353.8 



FEED CONSUMED, FIRST AND SECOND PERIODS. 



Cotton seed meal (pounds) 6,156 5,235 



Silage 48,254 75,768 



Cotton seed hulls 19,260 



Milo and feterita chops 5,278 



FEED CONSUMED, THIRD AND FOURTH PERIODS. 



Cotton seed meal (pounds) 2.034 1,606 



Silage 11,891 15,135 



Cotton seed hulls 4,526 



Milo and feterita chops 1,566 4,526 



