The last frost of the season occurred on the 8th of May. 



A cold wave of about two weeks duration in May was unfavorable 

 to the germination of seeds and was a setback to general farming 

 operations. 



The mean temperature for the first five months of the year is 

 below thafe for 1891 during same months, while for June and July it 

 is considerably above. 



The precipitation for the year thus far is below the normal. It will 

 be noticed from the above table that during April only 0.05 inches 

 fell, an exceedingly low figure for the month. The last snow storm 

 occurred March 23d. 



WINTER FEEDING EXPERIMENTS WITH LAMBS. 

 November, 1891 to IMay, 1892. 



The experiment briefly described in a few succeeding pages is the 

 third one of a series designed for the purpose of studying the feeding 

 etTect and general economy of different combinations of grain feed- 

 sluffs when fed in connection with the same or similar kinds of coarse 

 fcdder articles for the production of meat. 



During our first experiment — corn n:eal, wheat bran and gluten 

 meal (Chicago) furnished in varying proportions the grain feed part 

 of the daily diet, see eighth annual report, page 67 to 90. During 

 the second, corn meal, wheat bran, old process linseed meal and 

 gluten meal (Chicago) served for that purpose — see ninth annual 

 re[)ort, page 128 to 147 ; while in the third experiment^ which is here 

 under discussion, wheat bran, Bufialo gluten feed and Chicago maize 

 feed, have been used as the grain feed part of the daily teed. 



The coarse feed portion of the daily diet during the first and 

 second experiments consisted exclusively of rowen,--hay of the 

 second cut of ui)land meadows, and of corn ensilage. In the third 

 experiment during one feeding period corn ensilage was substituted 

 by roots, (globe mangolds). The selection of lambs in all these 

 trials was confined to our local supply. From six to nine animals 

 served in each case for our observations. 



Six lambs, wethers, grades of uncertain parentage, were selected 

 for the experiment heje under consideration. Each animal occupied 

 a separate pen during the entiie time of observation ; none of them 

 were shorn before entering upon the trial. 



