37 
FEEDING RECORD DECEMBER 13 TO 26. 
PER DAY PER HEAD. 
Total 
Digestible 
Gain per 
Hay. 
Wheat. 
Corn. 
Beets. 
dry matter. 
pen. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
Pen No. 1, 
3.5 
0.5 
2.9 
2.59 
121 
Pen No. 2, 
3.8 
0.5 
2.28 
76 
Pen No. 3, 
3.3 
0.5 
2.02 
69 
Pen No. 4, 
3.8 
3.2 
2.41 
108 
Average, 
3.6 
0.25 
0.125 
1.5 
2.32 
93 
GAINS IN 
LIVE 
WEIGHT 
DECEMBER 13 
to 26. 
Pen 1. 
Pen 2. 
Pen 3. Pen 4. 
Total. 
Western yearlings, 
. 56 
39 
29 49 
Western lambs, 
31 
17 
19 33 
Mexican yearlings, 
9 
11 
6 13 
Mexican lambs, 
25 
9 
15 13 
Total, 
121 
76 
69 108 
The gains agree very closely with the food eaten. The sheep that 
eat the most, gain the fastest. 
The same rations were continued unchanged to February 7. Some 
variations were shown in the amount of hay eaten with the other feeds 
as given below: 
RECORD OF HAY EATEN DECEMBER 13 TO FEBRUARY 7. 
Date. 
December 13 to December 26 
December 26 to January 8, 
January 8 to January 23, 
January 23 to February 7, 
Average, 
Total Digestible, 
Pen 1. 
Pen 2. 
Pen 3. 
Pen 4. 
Average. 
3.5 
3.8 
3.3 
3.8 
3.6 
3.2 
3.3 
3.4 
3.6 
3.4 
2.2 
3.1 
3.0 
1.7 
2.5 
2.6 
3.5 
2.8 
3.0 
3.0 
2.9 
3.4 
3.1 
3.0 
3.1 
2.4 
2.1 
2.0 
2.2 
2.2 
The pen that has both grain and beets eats less hay than any of 
the others, but the total amount of food per day per head is largest in 
this pen. As a natural consequence, they gain most in live weight 
as shown in the following table: 
GAINS IN LIVE WEIGHT DECEMBER 13 TO FEBRUARY 7. 
Date. 
December 13 to December 26, 
December 26 to January 8, 
January 8 to January 23, 
January 23 to February 7, 
Total, 
Pen 1. 
Pen 2. 
Pen 3. 
Pen 4. 
Total. 
121 
76 
69 
108 
374 
15 
30 
31 
30 
106 
145 
154 
144 
150 
593 
75 
38 
38 
43 
194 
356 
298 
282 
331 
1267 
