LAMB FEEDING EXPERIMENT NO. 3 , 
COMPARISON OF HOME GROWN GRAINS WITH CORN, 
WARM AND COLD WATER. SHROPSHIRE 
GRADES AND NATIVE LAMBS. 
OBJECT AND PLAN OF EXPERIMENT. 
During the winter of 1900-01 an experiment was 
planned to test the value of a mixture of home grown grains 
compared with corn for fattening lambs, and to determine 
whether or not there would be any advantage in giving 
lambs warm water to drink instead of cold water. For this 
purpose twenty western lambs, half of them Shropshire 
crosses raised on the College farm, were divided into four 
lots of five each and given the following rations: 
Lot I. was given an equal mixture of oats, wheat and barley with 
alfalfa and cold water. 
Lot II. was fed the same as Lot I., excepting warm water (80-100 
F.) was given twice daily instead of cold water. 
Lot III. was fed corn, alfalfa and warm water. 
Lot IV. was fed the same as Lot III., except cold water was given 
in place of warm water. 
Each lamb was marked with an ear tag and weighed 
separately once a week. Each lot of lambs was given an 
equal amount of shed room and the same sized yard to run 
in, and were treated alike in every respect. Grain, hay and 
water were supplied twice daily and the orts were weighed 
back daily. Previous to the time the experiment was begun 
the lambs had been fed alfalfa and a very small amount of 
grain, and were in a good thrifty growing condition. One 
half pound of grain per head was fed daily the first week 
and this amount was increased to three-quarters of a pound 
the second week. The grain was gradually increased until 
March 16, when they were receiving one and three-fourths 
pounds per head per day. 
The prices of food used in this experiment were as fol¬ 
lows: 
Alfalfa hay on the farm, $4.00 per ton. 
Corn, local market, $0.80 per hundred pounds. 
Wheat, oats and barley, $1.00 per hundred pounds. 
