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"Mxpmment No. 13. — Beine again desirous of testing tlie use of 

 dry food for lambs at turnips, 1 tobk sixteen lambs from my flock on 

 February the 18th, 1846, and weighed them ; eight of them were penned 

 and fed with cut Swedes only. The other eight lambs had cut Swedes, 

 with 2 lbs, of cloTer-hay chaff and 2 lbs. of bran mixed together for the 

 eight per day, or half-a-pound each. They were weighed again on the 

 17th of March, when the result was as follows : 

 Gain in weight of lambs, on the average, fed on Swedes, bran, lbs. 



and clover- chaff, in a month, 7i 



Gain in weight of lambs fed only on Swedes, during same time, 34 



Difference in favor of dry food, 3i 



The cost of dry food was 



2 lbs. of bran per day amongst eight lambs for 28 days, or 4 s. d. 



stone at 5s. per cwt. cost, 2 6 



3 lbs. of clover per day for eight lambs, during 28 days, gives 4 



stone at 4s. per cwt 2 



8)4 6 

 Cost of dry food for each lamb, per month, ■. . . . 6i 



"Experiment No. 14. — Having used linseed for some years with 

 success in the feeding of cattle, I determined to try whether it would 

 answer equally as well for sheep. I therefore gave a lot of eight lambs, 

 feeding on cabbages with white turnips, half a pint of linseed each per 

 day. To another lot of eight lambs, also upon cabbages with white 

 turnips, clover -chaff was given, as much as they would eat. They 

 were all weighed on the 27th of October, and again at the end of 

 the trial. 



Lambs fed on cabbage and linseed gained each per month, ... 16 lbs. 

 Lambs fed on cabbage and clover-hay chaff gained each, in 



same time 16 " 



"Experiment No. 15. — Having determined some years ago to have 

 nothing more to do with feeding sheep in yards, I was, however, last 

 season mduced, through the favorable representations of some persons, 

 to give it a further trial. I took some of my best lambs, that I intended 

 to show for premiums, and put them into a warm, well-sheltered yard, 

 with a lofty hovel to feed under, being kept well littered with dry, fresh 

 straw ; and their quarters appeared so comfortable, that I thought they 

 must go on well. They were fed with Swedes and com in the usual 

 way. I weighed them alive when put into the yard, December 4th, 

 ISw, against some other lambs fed on the same food, but in the field, 

 kept in the ordinary way. Both lots were weighed again on February 

 3d, 1846. 

 Those fed in the turnip-field gained each, on the average, in lbs. 



eight weeks, 13 



Those lambs fed in the yard gained each, on the average, in the 



same time 3 



Against the yard-feeding system 10 



