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CARE OF EWES DURING PREGNANCY 



Ration No. 11 



Wheat bran 5 



Com silage 2.5 



Mixed hay 2.0 



Ration No. 12 



Dried brewers' grains 5 



Corn silage 2.5 



Mixed hay 2.0 



Daily gain 20 Daily gain 24 



(c) From the Indiana Station, Bulletin 147 

 natives, weighing about 160 pounds : - 

 Table 5. — Feeding period, 90 days. 



The ewes were 



Ration No. 13 



Oats 35 



Corn silage 1.70 



Mixed hay 2.96 



Daily gain 16 



Ration No. IJf 



Oats 35 



Corn stover 90 



Mixed hay 3.10 



Daily gain 12 



Table 6.— Feeding period, 130 days. 



Ration No. 15 

 ( oats — 2 parts ) 



Grain J corn— 1 part >- 1-35 



( bran — 1 part ) 



Clover hay 3.17 



Corn silage 3.9.3 



Daily gain 18 



Ration No. 16 

 ( oats — 2 parts ) 



Grain J bran— 1 part [ 1-57 



( corn — 1 part ) 



Clover hay 4.78 



Daily gain 14 



Table 7. — Feeding period, 120 days. 



Ration No. 17 Ration No. 18 



(oats — 2 parts ^ (oats — 2 parts) 



Grain J bran— 1 part >• 1-05 Grain J bran— 1 part [- 1-04 



( corn — 1 part ) ( corn — 1 part ) 



Clover hay 2.53 Clover hay 4.00 



Corn silage 4.59 Daily gain 14 



Daily gain 17 



^Writer's estimate. 



