LAMB FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 
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PLAN OF EXPERIMENT NO. 2. 
I he plan of the experiment was as follows: 
Lot V. was fed corn and alfalfa. 
Lot VI. was fed spelt (emmer) and alfalfa. 
Lot VII. was fed barley and alfalfa. 
Lot VIII. was fed wheat, barley and alfalfa, the wheat and barley 
in equal amounts. 
Lot IX. was fed wheat, spelt, (emmer) and alfalfa, the wheat and 
spelt in equal amounts. 
Lots V., VI. and VII. were fed ninety days. Lots VIII. 
and IX. ninety-five days. 
The alfalfa was fed in such quantities that it would be 
before the lambs all the time. The corn and other grains 
were fed in small quantities at first, increasing the amount 
gradually to one and one-quarter and one and one-half 
pounds daily per lamb. The larger amount was fed only 
a short time. The feed was charged at local prices, which 
were at the time of the experiment $4.00 per ton for alfalfa 
on the farm, $1.30 per hundred pounds for cqrn, and one 
cent per pound for the wheat, barley and spelt. 
Table IX. shows the amount of food given .each lot for 
periods of one week, also the total amounts given each lot 
and the amount of waste. This table shows the details of 
the feeding, the increase in the gain, and any irregularity 
which may have occurred in the appetites of the animals. 
Table X. shows the average amount of each kind of 
food and the total daily consumption by each lamb. Lot 
VI. fed alfalfa and spelt, ate more food than, any of the 
others, although the total daily consumption of food differs 
little in any of the lots. The lambs in Lot IX. ate less 
alfalfa than those in any of the other lots, and less total 
food daily. They were given wheat and spelt, which could 
TABLE X. 
AVERAGE FOOD EATEN DAILY, IN POUNDS. 
Alfalfa. 
Corn. 
Wheat. 
Barley. 
Spelt. 
Total 
Food. 
Lot V. 
1.78 
0.88 
2.66 
Lot VI. 
1.97 
0.95 
2.92 
Lot VII. 
1.96 
0.88 
2.84 
Lot VIII. 
1.80 
0.465 
0.465 
2.73 
Lot IX. 
1.75 
0.459 
. 
0.459 
2.67 
