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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 feeding 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 in- 

 dicated. It is the low set, thick t} r pe that possesses these 

 qualities to the highest degree. To secure 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 consideration in the different 

 classes of stock. The market favors a lamb of the weight 

 mentioned, because as a rule such usually dress better and 

 the cuts are smaller. 



