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entire period. The lambs of Lot 1 returned a profit of $257.53 above 

 all expenses. Each lamb in Lot 1 returned a profit of $1.03. There 

 were two hundred and fifty-one lambs in Lot 2 at the beginning of the 

 experiment but during the test six died. This loss alone slightly re- 

 duced the profit returned by Lot 2. The total net profit returned by 

 Lot 2 amounted to $205.28. If one figures the return on the basis of 

 the original two hundred and fifty-one lambs placed on feed, the aver- 

 age profit per lamb amounted to 82 cents.. Throughout the experi- 

 ment the average cost of producing one hundred pounds of gain was 

 $3.83 for Lot 1 and $4.79 for Lot 2. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The author wishes to express his appreciation of the hearty and 

 generous cooperation of Mr. J. E.- Boog-Scott, of Coleman, Texas, who 

 gave the Texas Experiment Station the privilege of taking complete 

 charge of the feeding of the lambs, in order that data might be col- 

 lected and disseminated among the farmers of the State. 



Acknowledgment is also due Mr. John V. Walker, superintendent of 

 the Boog- Scott farm, who conducted the feeding of the lambs thor- 

 oughly in all its details and recorded the data in strict accordance with 

 instructions in a most satisfactory manner, thereby materially aiding 

 in making this work a success. 



SUMMARY. 



1. Good silage can be fed to fattening lambs without injury to 

 them. As shown under Table II, in the first period, the lambs in Lot 

 2 consumed an average of 3.78 pounds of silage per head daily. Dur- 

 ing this period cotton seed meal and silage formed the ration and the 

 average daily gain was 0.285 pound per head. 



2. While silage seems to have a place in the ration of a fattening 

 sheep, it should not constitute the only roughage. Owing to the suc- 

 culent nature of silage, it is quite impossible for lambs to consume enough 

 of this feed to get the necessary amount of dry matter that is required 

 by the animal body. 



3. Lambs receiving silage as the sole roughage are inclined to go 

 "oft feed." 



4. The lambs in Lot 1 received cotton seed hulls in addition to 

 the silage, and throughout the entire feeding period all lambs remained 

 continually "on feed." 



5. No mouldy silage was fed to the lambs and no losses directly 

 attributed to the feeding of inferior .silage resulted. 



6. The lambs in Lot 1 made a good economical gain during the 

 early part of the feeding period, but on the ration supplied did not 

 finish well. 



7. After the lambs had been on a ration of cotton seed meal, cot- 

 ton seed hulls and silage for one hundred days, they apparently be- 

 came turned out," because after ground feterita and milo had been 

 added to the ration on the 103d day of the feeding test, the average 



