LAMB FEEDING EXPERIMENT NO. 2. 
Experiment No. 2 was planned and carried out coincident 
with and as a part of Experiment No. 1. The lambs used 
in these trials were from the same flock. The separate lots 
in the two experiments were all selected at the same time 
in order to avoid as much as possible any error in individu¬ 
ality due to improper care in selecting. The object of this 
experiment was to compare our home grown grains and 
combinations of them with corn. These two experiments— 
first and second—having the same conditions throughout, 
and there being no apparent difference in the class of ani¬ 
mals used, afford an excellent opportunity to check the com¬ 
parative profits of pulp, sugar beets, corn and our home 
grown grains when fed with alfalfa for fattening lambs. 
As stated before, these were Mexican lambs and were 
in very poor condition for that class. The returns then 
should represent the minimum profits at the price per 
pound allowed for the grain. In order to eliminate any 
confusing data the profits are figured on gain only and no 
attempt was made to show actual profits by taking into con¬ 
sideration the initial cost to us and the final income when 
the lambs were sold. The lambs in both these experiments 
were treated alike in everything except the kinds of food 
given. They were fed and watered at regular hours, twice 
each day, and the waste not eaten was weighed back daily. 
The lambs were sheared during the week, April 12th to 
April 19th and the wool credited to them at the selling 
price, which was ten cents per pound. Careful notes were 
kept to put on record complete information of the progress 
of the experiment. No unusual incidents or accidents oc¬ 
curred which would seriously mar the experiment. Lamb 
No. 37 in Lot VIII. became entangled in the fence and was 
found dead the morning of the day the other lambs were 
slaughtered. His live weight at the end of the previous 
week having been secured, and the fact that the gain for 
the last week so nearly offset the shrinkage during the last 
twenty-four hours when they were off feed, makes no cor¬ 
rection necessary in reporting the results. The per cent of 
dressed weight for Lot VIII. is averaged for four instead of 
for five lambs. 
April 10th lamb No. 43 in Lot IX. dropped a buck lamb 
which was taken away and she was allowed to remain on 
