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FACTORS AFFECTING GAIN IN FATTENING 



Comparison of Various Concentrates. — The following table 

 from " Feeds and Feeding " by Henry and Morrison gives the 

 digestible nutrients in the various concentrates used in sheep 

 feeding : 



Co7nposition of Various Concentrates. 



Feeding stuff 



Total 



dry 

 matter 

 in lUU 



los. 



Digestible nutrients in 100 lbs. 



Crude 

 pio- 

 tein 



Carbo- 

 hy- 

 drates 



Tat 



Fotal 



Nutii- 



tlVG 



ratio 1: 



Co?icentrat€s 



Dent corn 



Corn-and-cob meal 



Gluten feed, high grade 



Wheat, all analyses 



Wheat bran, all analyses 



Oats 



Barley 



Emmer (spelt) 



Kafir grain 



Cottonseed meal, choice 



Cold-pressed cottonseed cake . 

 Linseed meal, old process. . ... . 



Linseed meal, new process . . . . 



Bean, navy, cull 



Cowpea 



Pea, field 



Soybean 



Beet pulp, dried 



lbs. 



89.5 

 89.6 

 91.3 

 89.8 

 89.9 

 90.8 

 90.7 

 91.3 

 88.2 

 92.5 

 92.1 

 90.9 

 90.4 

 87.2 

 88.4 

 90.8 

 90.1 

 91.8 



lbs. 



7.5 



6.1 



21.6 



9.2 



12.5 



9.7 



9.0 



9.5 



9.0 



37.0 



21.1 



30.2 



31.7 



18.3 



19.4 



19.0 



30.7 



4.6 



lbs. 

 67.8 

 63.7 

 51.9 

 67.5 

 41.6 

 52.1 

 66.8 

 63.2 

 65.8 

 21.8 

 33.2 

 32.6 

 37.9 

 54.3 

 54.5 

 55.8 

 22.8 

 65.2 



/6s. 



4.6 

 3.7 

 3.2 

 1.5 

 3.0 

 3.8 

 1.6 

 1.7 

 2.3 

 8.6 

 7.4 

 6.7 

 2.8 

 0.8 

 1.1 

 0.6 

 14.4 

 0.8 



lbs. 



85.7 

 78.1 

 80.7 

 80.1 

 60.9 

 70.4 

 79.4 

 76.5 

 80.0 

 78.2 

 70.9 

 77.9 

 75.9 

 74.4 

 76.4 

 76.2 

 85.9 

 71.6 



10.4 

 11.8 

 2.7 

 7.7 

 3.9 

 G.3 

 7.8 

 7.1 

 7.9 

 1.1 

 2.4 

 1.6 

 1.4 

 3.1 

 2.9 

 3.0 

 1.8 

 14.6 



Roughages for Fattening. — Legume Hay. — Eoughages made 

 from the legumes are the best for fattening sheep as they are 

 palatable and properly supplement the various grains commonly 

 u.sed. Eed clover and alfalfa lead in popularity because they are 

 widely grown and they are not so stemmy and coarse as the hay 

 made from soybeans, cowpeas, etc. Furthermore, there is no grain 

 in the hay to make the adjustment of the ration more or less 

 difficult. Experiments show clover hay to be slightly superior to 

 alfalfa pound for pound, but the difference betw^een them is very 

 slight. Alsike clover compares favorably with red clover, but 

 English or mammoth clover is stemmy. Little is known of the 

 feeding value of sweet clover hay. 



Trials with soybean and cowpea hay of good quality indicate 

 that they are about equal to alfalfa in feeding value. 



