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This $3.96 is a liberal allowance, and if the feeder gets this re¬ 
turn he has received full market prices for his hay, grain, and time. 
All above this should be counted as clear profit. 
Statistics have been gathered of the full feeding of over ten thous¬ 
and southern lambs in Colorado the past season and the average feed 
has been 414 pounds of hay, 71 pounds wheat, 5 pounds cotton-seed 
meal, 6 pounds barley, 2 pounds oats, and 35 pounds corn; or a total 
of 119 pounds of grain. The highest amount of hay fed and wasted 
was 550 pounds per head and the man so reporting vows he will 
never again hire inexperienced men to feed for him. The lowest 
amount is 300 pounds of hay per head. The highest amount of grain 
fed is 146 pounds, and the lowest 97 pounds per head. 
The average time of marketing was April 24th, average weight in 
Chicago 77 pounds, average price in Chicago $5.58 per 100 pounds, 
or $4.30 per head. This gives an average profit of 34 cents per head 
above all expense. 
The feeders of Colorado have a peculiar way of never making any 
profit on their feeding transactions, but of taking out all expenses and 
counting the remainder as haying been obtained for the hay. Figured 
in this way the sheep feeders netted $5.70 a ton for their alfalfa after 
paying for the labor of hauling and feeding it, or $7.45 per ton for 
the hay delivered at the racks. 
Among so many feeders there would be, of course, a great varia¬ 
tion in these net profits. The highest price received for any one car¬ 
load was $6.35 per hundred pounds, and the lov r est $5.00. The 
highest price for a whole bunch was $5.90 per hundred. The highest 
price per head for a whole bunch was $4.90, and the lowest $2.73. 
It would be difficult to figure any profit out of the latter while the 
former netted the fortunate feeder market prices for his hay and grain, 
all expenses, and $100 a month for his time. Or, it paid all expenses 
including the cost of feeding and netted him $9.45 per ton for his alfalfa. 
It is a noteworthy fact that the original stock as put into the 
feeding yards in the fall was just about the same quality throughout. 
The difference in results is principally due to care and skill in feed¬ 
ing. The different results of feeding are also apparent in the live 
weight of the lambs when marketed in Chicago. In the fall the dif¬ 
ferent bunches weighed 48 to 52 pounds per head. On the Chicago 
market the average was 77 pounds, with a variation of from 56 pounds 
to 83 pounds. The best feeders made more than twice as much gain 
in live weight as the poorer. 
The average selling date is rather early. Prices rose to a point 
where the feeders could see a surety of profit and they wisely took ad¬ 
vantage of it. 
FEEDING WESTERN LAMBS. 
The figures already given for southern lambs can serve as a basis 
for comparing the results on feeding the kinds of sheep. Several 
thousand western lambs were fed near Fort Collins last winter and the 
