Six grade lambs — ihree ewes and three wethers — bought (Sept. 

 4th, '89) of a farmer in our vicinity served for our observations. 

 They consisted of five Hampshire Down and one Merino, — grades. 

 Each animal occupied during the entire period of observation a 

 separate pen. They were shorn before being weighed, at the begin- 

 ning of the experiment. 



The daily diet of the entire lot consisted, during the first week, of 

 rowen. They were subsequently treated in two divisions, each com- 

 prising three animals. This division was made for the |)urpose of 

 comparing the effect of two distinctly different daily fodder rations 

 on the financial results of the operation. Division 1. (Nos. 1-2-3) 

 received a daily diet much richer in nitrogenous food constituents 

 than the one adopted for Division II. (Nos. 4-5-6). This circum- 

 stance was brought about by feeding to the first division as grain- 

 feed a mixture of wheatbran and of gluten meal, and to the second 

 division one consisting of a liberal proportion of cornmeal with some 

 wheatbran and gluten meal. The coarse portion of the daily feed 

 was in both cases essentially the same, namely, either rowen, or 

 rowen and corn ensilage, or corn ensilage alone. It was cut before 

 being mixed with the grain feed — when fed. The daily fodder ration 

 was divided into three equal parts and fed respectively in the morning, 

 at noon and in the evening. The amount of feed left unconsumed, 

 if an}' — was collected each morning and deducted from the daily 

 ration offered the preceding day for consumption. 



The observations in case of the first division of lambs (Nos. 1-2-3) 

 were continued for 152 successive days — Sept. 5th, '89 to Feb. 4th, 

 '90— while in case of the second division (Nos. 4-5-6) they were 

 ext-ended to March 18th, '90, and lasted thus for 194 consecutive 

 days. Low rate of increase in live weight and local market condition 

 advised the extension of the trial in the latter case. 



The three lambs of the first division gained within 152 days in live 

 weight, in the aggregate 107^ pounds, or each individual on an 

 average ^of^ pounds ; while those of the second division (Nos. 4-5- 

 6) gained during 194 days in the aggregate only 86 pounds or each 

 individual on an avernge 28^^^ pounds. 



Some of the essential points of interest in the experiment here 

 under discussion are stated in some subsequent pages under the 

 following headinp;s : 



1. Weight of lambs. 



2. Cost of lambs. 



3. Character and c-st of feed consumed. 



