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Feeds and Feeding. 



fed gained an average of 2.45 pounds per -wt^, or 34.4 pottnda 

 during the whole period of fourteen weeks." (822) 



771. Fattening Western sheep on alfalfa hay. — At the C!olorado 

 Station, * Cooke conducted an experiment in feeding wheat, com, 

 sugar beets and alfalfa hay to Western and Mexican yearlings and 

 lambs, averaging 88 pounds each, during a period of 98 days, 

 with results shown in the following table: 



Feeding Western and Mexican sheep — Colorado Station. 



In aU cases the daily gains of the sheep were satisfactory. Be- 

 cause of its nutritive quality and palatability, alfalfa hay is more 

 than mere "filling," assisting materially in fattening, thus re- 

 ducing the amount of grain which would otherwise be required. 



772. Oat straw. — At the Michigan Station, » H. W. Mumford 

 fed one lot of ten lambs upon oat straw for roughage, and a second 

 lot of ten upon clover hay and cut corn stover, both getting corn 

 and roots in addition. The results of the trial, which lasted four- 

 teen weeks, are shown in the following table: 



Oat straw compared with com stover — Michigan Station. 



' Bui. 32. 



' Bui. 136. 



