Fattening Sheep 245 



it was found that those fed grain from birth made a 

 cheaper gain in each case. 



To determine which of these methods of feeding 

 lambs was the most profitable, it was necessary to 

 make a comparison of the amount that would be 

 received for them on the market minus the cost of 

 the feed they consumed. The table which follows 

 gives the data for each of the three periods of the 

 five trials. 



This comparison was made by finding what each 

 lot would bring on the market at the end of each 

 period from the average weight per head based on 

 the average price they would bring on the market 

 and deducting the cost of the grain consumed. 

 The prices used for determining their value on the 

 market was obtained by taking an average of the 

 price placed on each lot at the end of the period by a 

 local butcher. The prices were based on Chicago 

 market prices furnished by a Kve stock commission 

 firm, the results of memoranda of representative 

 sales of lambs weighing about the same as the lambs 

 in these trials at the end of each period. 



A glance at the table on the following page will 

 show that there was considerable difference in the 

 price per hundred at which the different lots were 

 valued at the end of the same period, as well as be- 

 tween the values of the same lot during the other 

 periods. In every case, the lambs fed grain from 

 birth would bring a higher price, if sold at the end 



