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very nearly equal in feeding value, with the advantage 
slightly in favor of corn. All these grains were ground 
and the barley used was the common barley. 
Barley gives about the same results as wheat and 
beets. If the extra shrinkage in shipping the sheep fed 
on beets could be taken into account, the results in favor 
of the barley would show more plainly. 
Barley does much better than beets alone. If a com- 
parison is made of beets alone, and wheat with beets, and 
then the results worked back to a comparison of wheat 
and barley, it gives almost exactly the same feeding value 
to each. Barley and corn fed separately have given a 
little better results than the two fed together. In the 
case of pens 5 and 6, barley was fed the first third, then 
barley and corn the second third of the time, ending with 
corn alone. The results were entirely unexpected. 
Theoretically this feed should give better results than 
either fed alone. Moreover, for the purpose of another 
experiment, pens 5 and 6 received a much better quality 
of hay than either pens 1 and 2. Nevertheless, the pens 
on the poor hay and the grain separately did better than 
on the good hay and the mixture of grain. 
The difference in the results is so slight as to show a 
substantial agreement in the feeding values of the three 
grains, barley, corn, and wheat. 
Second Feeding Test with Sheep. 
Winter of 1896-’97. 
•The largest trials we have made with sheep were 
those of 1896-’97. There were 440 lambs used, divided 
into ten pens of about 45 head each. 
All the pens received alfalfa hay. The other feeds 
used were as follows: — 
Pen No. 1. Ground corn, beginning January 5, 
reaching one pound per day per head March 3, *1^ 
pounds April 17, and changed on April 27 to 1| pounds 
whole corn. 
Pen No. 2. Same, using ground bald barley until 
April 27, after that whole corn; but the quantity scarcely 
raised above a pound per head per day. 
