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account of the cost of labor and of home-grown food consumed. 

 Thus far no criticisms have come to our attention that point 

 out reasons for failure other than those outlined in the pub- 

 licity letter and in this article. Were it not for the fact that 

 the balance is on the wrong side of the account the Station 

 would feel content with everything in the experiment other 

 than the care of the manure. The sheep have done well and 

 look well. Comparisons with exact feeding experiments made 

 at other places indicate that the cost of feed is not greater 

 than is to be expected with purchased food. There are few 

 data relative to labor costs in sheep feeding experiments. 



THE EXPERIMENT IS BEING REPEATED. 



It is recognized that there were a number of things that 

 interfered with the success of the trial. For this reason the 

 loss for 1914-5 was charged off and the whole experiment 

 started over again, without prejudice, July i, 191 5. The older 

 sheep were disposed of, the yearling lambs are bred to regis- 

 tered sires, and enough of the ewe lambs were kept to replace 

 the ewes that should be removed another year. These are all 

 inventoried at meat prices. Barring accidents, there would 

 seem to be no reason why the sheep will not have the best 

 possible chance to make good this year. 



