QUESTIONS 289 



(6) From Ohio Station, Bulletin 270, by J. W. Hammond: 

 Table 13. — ^The lambs in this experiment were by a pure-bred 

 Southdown ram and out of grade Delaine Merino ewes weighing 

 about 85 pounds. The lambs were developed as winter or hot-house 

 lambs, and were fed all they would eat from December 19 to 

 February 18 in a dry lot. Since it is very difficult to breed for 

 fall lambs, it is almost impossible to have a considerable number of 

 them born within a brief period. These lambs ranged from 2 to 9 

 weeks in age when the experiment began. They averaged 27 pounds 

 in weight at the (beginning of the experiment and they were slaugh- 

 tered when they attained a weight of about 55 pounds. 



Ration No. 33 Ration No. 3Jf 



Shelled corn 65 Shelled corn 60 



Alfalfa hay 65 Alfalfa hay 67 



Daily gain 441 Daily gain 411 



Mothers were fed grain mixture Mothers were fed grain mixture 



consisting of corn, 4 parts; linseed consisting of corn, 5 parts; oats, 2 



oil meal, 1 part; corn silage and parts; bran, 2 parts; oil meal, 1 



alfalfa hay. part; corn silage and alfalfa hay. 



Table 14. — The lambs in this experiment were similar in breed- 

 ing to those in the experiment referred to in Table 13. They were 

 fed 95 days, beginning December 24. Their initial weight was 

 about 16 pounds, and since they were not intended for hot-house 

 lambs, they were not forced so rapidly as were the lambs in the 

 experiment given in Table 13. 



Ration No. 3'> Ration No. 36 



Shelled corn 333 1 Corn — 5 parts ) 



Alfalfa hay 343 . 1 Oats— 2 parts f 



Daily gain 322 j Bran — 2 parts j 



(^Oil meal — ^1 part ) 



Alfalfa hay 325 



Daily gain 315 



QUESTIONS 



1. What are the general methods of feeding lambs? 



2. At what time during the suckling period should the ewe receive the 



moat grain? 



3. What feed would you use to keep up the milk flow? 



4. Discuss the most useful roughages to use at this period. 



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