654 



average gain for lots receiving rape and corn for two years 

 was 12,91 pounds per head.* 



TABLE OF WEIGHTS AND GAINS 



IvOT III RAPE AND OATS 



1908 Experiment 1909 Experiment 



LOT IV RAPE AND BARLEY 



The twenty-four lambs receiving what oats they would eat 

 morning and evening made the largest gain of the four lots, 

 being fifteen and forty-one hundredths (15.41) pounds each, 



* At the Wisconsin Station sixteen wethers were fed on 0.7 of an acre 

 of rape for twenty-five days, and also ate 153.5 pounds of oats and 97.5 

 pounds of whole corn. They gained a total of 149 pounds, or a weekly 

 average of 2.6 pounds. Valuing the foods and the wethers at cost, and 

 the selling price of the latter at 4 cents per pound, the rape would be 

 worth $14.48 per acre. 



