Experiments in Fattening Sheep. 511 



" When the lambs are fed grain continuously from birth, they 

 are fit for the market at any time, so that advantage may be taken 

 of any favorable fluctuation that may occur in market prices." 



778. Meat scrap and dried blood. — WUdt' determined the di- 

 gestibility of meat scrap and dried blood ia experiments with 

 sheep and found them able to digest the following percentages: 



Meat scrap: protein 95, fat 98. 

 Dried blood: protein 62, fat 100. 



E«gnard2 obtained excellent results when feeding dried blood 

 to lambs in place of milk, supplying about one-half pound daily 

 for each 100 pounds live weight. Sheep may gradually be taught 

 to eat both the above mentioned feeds. (338-9) 



779. Fish scrap. — According to Kellner, ^ sheep are able to di- 

 gest 90 per cent, of the protein in fish scrap and 76 per cent, of 

 the crude fat. Pish scrap is somewhat less digestible, therefore, 

 than meat scrap. It should only be fed sparingly, especially 

 in the beginning, the maximum allowance being from one-half to 

 two-thirds of a pound daily per hundred pounds of sheep. (340, 

 661) 



780. Influence of protein on the carcass. — At the "Wisconsin 

 Station,* Craig found that Shropshire- Merino wether lambs, 

 when fed on shelled com, corn silage and corn fodder — a carbo- 

 hydrate ration, — averaged, when fat, 112 pounds, and dressed 49 

 per cent, of their live weight Another lot under similar condi- 

 tions, fed oats, oil meal, clover silage and clover hay — a protein 

 ration, — weighed 117 pounds, and dressed 51 per cent, of their live 

 weight At the Cornell Station^ Eoberts fed rations varying from 

 carbonaceous to highly nitrogenous to grade Shropshire and 

 Southdown lambs, which dressed from 45 to 51 per cent of their 

 live weight, equally high returns being secured from the car- 

 bonaceous food. * 



' Landw. Vers. Stat, 1877, p. 20. 

 » Pott, Landw. Futtermittel, p. 656. 



• Landw. Vers. Stat, 1877, p. 430. 

 « Eept 1891. 



• Bui. 8. 



• See Reports Storrs Expt 8ta., 1894-98. 



