AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 57 



Summary. 



(1.) Two lots of sheep, each containing ten sheep and twelve 

 Lambs, were fed for three months. 



(2.) One lot of sheep ate 3,000 pounds of hay and 1,434 of 

 mixed grain The other lot ate 3,000 pounds hay and 450 

 pounds of mixed erain. Lot 1 ate, therefore, 984 pounds more 

 of grain than Lot 2. 



(3.) During the three months the sheep of Lot 1 lost 104 

 pounds in weight, and Lot 2, 156 pounds, a difference in favor 

 of Lot 1, of 52 pounds. The lambs of Lot 1 weighed 545 

 pounds, and of Lot 2, 364 pounds, a difference in favor of Lot 

 1 of 181 pounds. 



(4.) The value of the lambs in Lot 1 was $54.50, and in Lot 

 2, $21.84, a difference of $32.66 in favor of liberal feeding, 

 and a net gain above extra cost of grain of $22.47. 



(5.) The extra amount of grain fed to Lot 1 was sold to the 

 sheep at the rate of $71.60 per ton. 



