day returned a profit of $2.23 per head; those fed grain, silage, 

 and hay every day, returned a profit of $3.18 per head. 



Lambs fed corn and alfalfa hay made more rapid and more 

 economical gains than those fed corn and clover hay. The selling 

 value was also higher and the profit larger when alfalfa hay in- 

 stead of clover hay was fed, the respective profit being $3.22 per 

 head and $2.69 per head.. 



The addition of corn silage to a ration of corn and alfalfa hay 

 failed to increase the rate of gain or decrease the cost of gain. The 

 selling price of the lambs was slightly higher when silage was fed 

 but the additional cost of production was such that the ration of 

 corn and alfalfa hay returned a profit of $3.22 per head as com- 

 pared to a profit of $2.99 per head when corn silage was fed. 



Ground soybeans fed in comparison to cottonseed meal as 

 supplement to a ration for fattening lambs, produced practically the 

 same results as the cottonseed meal. However, any differences 

 were in favor of the latter supplement. 



The shearing of lambs at the time of starting them on feed, 

 slightly increased the feed consumption but decreased the rate of 

 gain and increased the cost of gain. Including the sale of wool, 

 shorn lambs returned a profit of 96 cents per head as compared to 

 a profit of $3.18 per head by wooled lambs. 



Lambs fed in a well ventilated barn gained slightly less and 

 at a slightly higher cost than others fed in an open shed. The 

 lambs fed in the barn were valued at 50 cents per hundred pounds 

 less than those fed in the open shed, and returned a profit of 51 

 cents per head as compared to 96 cents per head by lambs fed in 

 the open shed. 



