LAMB FEEDING EXPERIMENTS. 
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pounds in excess of Lot II., given the same ration, but hav¬ 
ing warm water instead of cold water. Lot III., given the 
same ration as Lot IV., except they were given warm water 
to drink, gained 14 pounds more. Warm water appeared 
to have the advantage in the latter lots, but in the former 
the greater gain was made when cold water was given. 
If then warm water had any effect either way, there 
are other conditions which obscured the results. 
AMOUNT AND COST OF FOOD COMPARED WITH GAINS. 
Table XX. gives the total amount of food eaten and 
water drank and the total gain made by each lot during the 
experiment. By the use of this table the feeder can com¬ 
pute for himself the cost of food and value of gains under 
his own conditions. 
TABLE XX. 
FOOD, WATER AND GAIN IN POUNDS. 
No. of Lambs. 
No. Days Fed. 
Food Eaten and 
Water Drank. 
Average 
Weight. 
Total gain flesh 
Fleece. 
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Alfalfa 
Mixed 
Grains 
Corn. 
Water 
Drank 
T 5 ? 
At End 
Lot I . 
4 
99 
736 
536 
2079 
75.50 
104.0 
114 
28 
Lot II. 
4 
99 
611 
538 
2031 
85.25 
108.0 
91 
35 
Lot III. 
4 
99 
797 
518 
2183 
83.75 
114.75 
124 
32 
Lot IV.. .. 
4 
99 
663 
509 
1990 
1 
84.25 
111.75 
110 
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The corn fed lots show a total average gain of 151 
pounds, which is to be compared with a total average gain 
of 134 pounds in the small grain lots. For this gain it took 
an average of 513.5 pounds of corn in Lots III. and IV., and 
537 pounds of oats, wheat and barley in Lots I. and II. 
In Table XXI. will be found the amount of food eaten 
to produce each pound of gain, the cost of each pound of 
gain and the average percent of dressed weight in each of 
the trials. As no effect can be traced to the warmth of the 
water supplied we may average the results from Lots I. and 
II. fed the grain mixture, and those of Lots III. and IV. fed 
corn. Then with the corn ration it took 4.89 pounds of al¬ 
falfa and 3.37 pounds of corn to produce each pound of 
gain at an average cost of 3.67 cents. With the home grown 
grain mixture it took 5.01 pounds of alfalfa and 4.02 pounds 
