FEEDING GKASS LAMBS. 173 



502 Mexicans, averaging 54V Ibs. 



498 Second Merinos, averaging 43 



499 Top Shrops, averaging 58 



500 Top Merinos, averaging 52 1-5 



WHICH LEFT A MIXED LOT OP 



175 Mexicans, averaging 47 8-10 



71 Merinos, averaging 32 



242 Shrops, averaging 44 



From this time on all the lambs had all the alfalfa hay 

 they could eat; and commending with a very light feed of 

 grain, the grain feed was gradually increased, so that by 

 January the three pens of large lambs were eating 4-5ths of 

 a pound per head per day, with the smaller lambs fed not 

 quite so much. By Feb. 1st the grain ration had been 

 increased, to about an average per day per head of 1 3-10 

 Ibs. for the top Shrops, 1 2-10 Ibs. for top Merinos and Mexi- 

 cans, and 1 1-10 Ibs. for each of the two lots of smaller 

 lambs. And by March, the feed was raised to 1 6-10 Ibs. for 

 top Shrops, 1 3-10 Ibs. for top Merinos and Mexicans, and 

 1 2-10 Ibs. for each of the smaller lots. This last amount of 

 grain was the ration fed until the lambs were marketed. 

 Through the whole feeding they had their grain three times 

 per day; and the grain was coi'n morning and evening, with 

 oats at noon, until Feb. llth, after which it was corn three 

 times per day. 



From Dec. 3d to Jan. 4th, the Mexicans gained an aver- 

 age of 8 1-10 Ibs., the top Merinos 8 5-10, the Shrops 8 8-10, 

 and the second Merinos and mixed lot each 7 1-10 Ibs. The 

 gain from this date to Feb. 2d, was: Mexicans, 8 2-10 Ibs.; 

 top Merinos, 7 6-10; top Shrops, 9 6-10; 2d Merinos, 8; and 

 mixed lot, 9 Ibs. Feb. 2 to March 3d the gain was: Top 

 Mexicans, 7 5-10 Ibs.; top Merinos, 9 3-10; top Shrops, 13 

 9-10; 2d Merinos, 8 8-10; and mixed lot, 9 1-10 Ibs. The next 

 weighing was April 1st, which was just following several 

 days of stormy, wet, bad weather, and shows a less gain: 

 Top Mexicans, 7 7-10 Ibs.; top Merinos, 7 6-10; top Shrops, 

 8 3-10; 2d Merinos, 7 5-10; and mixed lot, 7 2-10 Ibs. This marie 

 a gain of from 32 4-10 for the second Merinos to 40 6-10 for the 

 top Shrops from Dec. 3d to April 1st an average net gain, 

 for the whole lot fed, of 33 4-10 Ibs. Of the Shrops, 558 

 were sold in Chicago, April 14th, 421 of which aver- 

 aged 97 Ibs. and sold at $6.10, while 137 averaged 86 

 Ibs. and sold at $6 this being 15 cents above the price paid 



