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unusual degree of merit for ordinary feeding lambs. To 

 compare with these, some lambs native to northern Wis- 

 consin showing the type common to that territory were 

 put upon similar rations. The representatives of both 

 these kinds of lambs, in addition to having the same kind 

 of food, were kept under identically the same conditions, 

 putting both lots of lambs in the fed lot at three cents a 

 pound and taking them out at four cents at the end of 

 the feeding period. The well bred lambs of good feed- 

 ing type after paying for the feed that they ate, at current 

 prices yielded a profit of $1.13 per head; while those 

 representative of the poor type being indiscriminately 

 bred only yielded a profit of $ . 60 per head. The lambs 

 of the best type ate more food, but they made more than 

 a corresponding gain, and the chief point should not be 

 lost sight of, that the profit from each one of them was 

 just twice as much as that from those being of inferior 

 type. 



156. The Feeding Type Bringing Most at 

 Maturity In the selection of feeding lambs the feeder 

 has to keep in view the fact that there is most demand 

 for the lamb that when fat weighs about 100 pounds. 

 Such a lamb has the quickest sale at the highest price 

 per pound. This type is one that is not too heavy boned 

 and large framed, but such as require only a medium 

 amount of flesh to make the carcass smooth and plump at 

 the weight indicated. It is the low set, thick type that 

 possesses these qualities to the highest degree. To se- 

 cure the greatest profit in feeding it is desirable to have 

 the gain made as rapidly as possible. The younger the 

 animal the cheaper the cost of gain, and it is that feature 

 that makes early maturity such an important considera- 

 tion in the different classes of stock. The market favors 



