47 
to Chicago, were killed by Swift & Company, and dressed in the 
same manner, The corn-fed shrank in shipping just the one pound 
extra that they had gained in feeding, and both lots dressed out 
within half a pound of each other, or 53.5 per cent, of their live 
weight. 
Thus it would he difficult to get two lots of sheep on the same 
feed to agree any closer from the range in the fall to the Chicao-o re- 
frigerators than these two lots did fed one on wheat and the other on 
an equal amount of corn. 
SHRINKAGE IN SHIPPING AND DRESSING. 
The western lambs shrank 14 pounds, or 9.4 per cent, in live 
weight from Fort Collins to Chicago, and the western wethers 15 
pounds or 9.0 per cent. The corn-fed Mexican sheep shrank 7 per 
cent., and the wheat-fed 6 per cent. The western lambs dressed 50.9 
per cent, of their live weight, or 51.6 per cent, of their Fort Collins 
weight. The western wethers dressed 55.2 per cent, of their live 
weight, or 50 per cent, of their Fort Collins weight. 
The.Mexican sheep dressed 53.5 per cent, of their live weight and 
49.2 per cent, of their Fort Collins weight. 
These figures show that all the sheep were very fat. 
The western lambs yielded 12.3 pounds of tallow, or 16 per cent, 
of their dressed weight; the western wethers 12.8 pounds, or 15 per 
cent., while the Mexican sheep gave 7.8 pounds, or 12 per cent, of 
their dressed weight. 
EFFECT OF SIZE ON GROWTH. 
The question arose at the time the College sheep were bought, as 
to whether we gained by picking the larger sheep. The result? show 
that there was a decided advantage in taking the heavier sheep. 
Dividing each of the four bunches into two equal parts, one containing 
the sheep that weighed more than the average when bought, and the 
other half less, it is found that in every case the ones that were the 
heavier at the start more than held their own, growing faster than the 
lighter ones, as shown in the table below: 
Weight of heavier half when feeding ended. 
Weight of heavier half when feeding began, 
Weight of lighter half when feeding ended, 
W r eight of lighter half when feeding began, 
Gain in weight of heavier half during feeding, 
Gain in weight of lighter half during feeding, 
Heavier half gained more than lighter half. 
Final weight of heavier half exceeded final wi 
of lighter half, 
Western 
Western 
Mexican 
Mexican 
Yearlings. 
Lambs. 
Yearlings. 
Lambs. 
179 
162 
107 
101 
128 
105 
78 
63 
158 
136 
95 
92 
115 
93 
71 
56 
51 
57 
29 
38 
43 
43 
24 
36 
8 
- 1 
»t*. 1 
5 
2 
21 
26 
12 
9 
Even granting that the heavier sheep eat some more than the 
lighter, and that they sell for no more per pound, there is still a larger 
profit in them from the larger growth and the greater number 
% 
