LAMB FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 
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WEIGHTS AND GAINS PER WEEK—CORN AND SMALL GRAINS. 
Table XI. reports the individual weights and gains 
made by each lamb. I he weights for April 19th were made 
after shearing, and the apparent loss that week is due to 
the removal of the fleece. 
Lamb No. 43 in Lot IX. is one previously spoken of 
which it is necessary to drop out in making the final aver¬ 
ages. All the others make fair gains. 
Table XII. gives the gain or loss each week for the five 
lambs in each lot. 
TABLE XII. 
POUNDS GAIN PER WEEK. 
Lot V. 
Lot VI. 
Lot VII. 
Lot VIII. 
Lot IX. 
March 8. 
... 25 
33 
- 27 
16 
21 
March 15. 
... 24 
13 
7 
34 
10 
March 22. 
.... -3 
-5 
-6 
-7 
14 
March 29. 
.... 14 
16 
23 
17 
22 
April 5. 
.... 18 
7 
8 
15 
14 
April 12. 
... -7 
4 
-6 
-2 
-6 
April 19. 
.... 1 
3 
9 
17 
-9 
April 26. 
.... 18 
12 
14 
5 
11 
May 3. 
... 24 
29 
31 
8 
16 
May 10. 
... -7 
10 
0 
23 
17 
May 17. 
... 4 
-5 
-13 
-31 
-35 
May 24. 
... 11 
8 
11 
19 
27 
May 31 
... 18 
19 
12 
20 
4 
June 9 
....-10 
-2 
0 
-3 
11 
Total Gain Flesh. 
...113 
127 
97 
117 
75 
Fleece. 
... 17 
15 
20 
14 
14 
Total Gain with Fleece. 
...130 
142 
117 
131 
89 
The losses on April 19th were due to taking away the 
fleece that week. There is much variation in the gains 
week by week. The table shows that all the lambs except 
those in Lot V. lost weight during the week of May 10th to 
17th. This was evidently due to the over feeding of grain. 
On May 9th the ration of grain was increased in all the lots, 
from one to one and one-quarter pounds per head daily to 
one and one-half pounds per head. Our notes show that 
during this week the lambs refused to eat up all of their 
grain. This was especially true with Lots VIII. and IX. 
where wheat was a part of the ration. The ration was re¬ 
duced to one and one-quarter pounds daily per lamb on 
May 16th, and all the lambs again began to make gains. 
Corresponding losses, but not in quite such a marked degree, 
seemed to have occurred during the third and sixth weeks 
after the lambs were put on feed. The largest total gain 
