THE FEEDING OF LIVE STOCK. 



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is shown in the following table, which gives a 

 summary of the results of the experiment. 

 These figures refer to the average effects of the 

 food per lamb per lot: 



Weelcly 

 gain. 



Coat ot 

 lib. 



gaiti^- 

 centa. 



Pounds 



dry 

 mailer 

 ted to 1 

 lb. gain 



Protein 

 ted per 

 day per 

 1000 lbs. 



Carbohy- 

 drates fed 

 per day 

 per 1000 

 lbs. 



NutrU 



live 

 ratio. 



Com 



Corn and roots 



Corn, oil-meal and roots.. 



Corn and oll-meal 



Corn and bran 



Com and 'wheat 



Wbeat and oll-meal 



Corn (self feed) 



Corn and bran (self feed). 



2.18 

 2.61 

 2.61 

 2.38 

 1.78 

 1.97 

 1.94 

 1.65 

 1.58 



4.6 

 4.6 

 5.3 

 5.1 

 6.3 

 5.4 

 6.3 

 5.7 

 6.8 



7.03 

 6.41 

 6.72 

 6.99 

 9.13 

 7.64 

 6.04 

 8.57 

 10.03 



2.0 

 2.1 

 2.7 

 2.8 

 2.5 

 2.1 

 2.7 

 2.0 

 2.6 



16.0 

 16.7 

 16.1 

 15 .Jf 

 14.8 

 15.6 

 15.0 

 15.7 

 16.1 



1:8 



1:8 



1:6 



1:5.6 



1:6 



1:T.5 



1:5.5 



1:7.9 



1:6.2 



It will be noticed that the best results in cost 

 of one pound of gain occurred where corn or 

 corn and roots were fed. The other feeds were 

 somewhat more expensive. 



At the Wisconsin station a ration of shelled 

 coKn, silage, and cut corn-fodder, fed fattening 

 wethers, yielded the cheapest gain. One hun- 

 dred pounds of gain cost $3.46 in 1890 at this 

 station when fed this ration. In 1891 the same 

 kind of ration made 100 lbs. of gain cost $3.70. 

 This ration was 1.3 lbs. corn-fodder, 0.8 lb. corn 

 silage, and 1.3 lbs. shelled corn per day and head. 

 A ration of corn and oats, equal parts by weight, 

 clover silage and clover hay, made the cost of 

 100 lbs. of gain |4.01. A ration of oil-meal and 

 oats, clover silage and clover hay, made 100 lbs. 

 gain cost $6.09. The wethers receiving the clover 

 and oats and oil-meal produced more wool than 



