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EXPERIMENTS ON FATTENING SHEEP. 93 
HXPHRIMENTS ON FATTENING SHEEP.* 
BY CHARLES E. LYMAN. 

The feeding experiments with lambs for the winter of 1894— 
95 began December Ist, 1894. One hundred and forty ewe 
and wether lambs were selected out of a carload recently pur- 
chased in Buffalo. In selecting the lambs, the smaller ones 
were culled out, the object being to have them as nearly uni- 
form in size as possible. They were all in good feeding condi- 
tion; a few were fat. 
METHOD OF FEEDING AND HANDLING. 
The one hundred and forty lambs were placed in a large, 
sunny pen where they were given the following feed ration for 
one month. A mixture of corn ensilage and mixed grains was 
prepared every, day in the proportion of one pound of ensilage 
to one pound of the mixed grains. ‘The grain ration consisted 
of equal parts by weight of corn, culled peas, wheat bran, and 
whole wheat. ‘he ensilage and grains were thoroughly mixed 
together, and the lambs were allowed all they would eat of the 
mixture twice a day. At noon they were given some loose 
hay—about what they would eat up clean. The hay was not 
weighed each day, but, at times during the month, a day’s 
feed was weighed, so that a fairly accurate estimate could be 
made of what was eaten. The quantity of ensilage was esti- 
mated in the same way. It was handled in baskets, and was 
weighed at intervals during the month. 
The amount of feed consumed for the month was: of the 
mixed grains, 5,200 pounds; ensilage estimated at 5,200 
pounds; and hay estimated at 2,000 pounds. 

* As stated in the report of the Director, on pages 7-13 of this Report, it is the policy of the 
_ Station to co-operate with farmers of the State in experiments upon the management of their 
farms and stock. While the Station has been conducting feeding experiments with sheep in 
its own barn at Storrs, it has seemed desirable to institute inquiries of a more immediately 
practical nature. For this purpose we are especially fortunate in the co-operation of Mr. 
Lyman, of Middlefield, who is, so far as we are aware, the most successful feeder of sheep on 
a large scale in Connecticut. The experiments reported herewith were made in Mr. Lyman’s 
barn with lambs selected from a large number which he was feeding at the time. The 
analyses of the feeding stuffs and the calculations of the tables in Mr. Lyman’s report were 
made by the Station. , W. 0. A. 
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