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TABLE 22. 
Average Weight of Feeding Stuffs and Nutrients Fed per 
Day to each Lamb during December, 
January and February. 
























: NUTRIENTS.* FuEL VALUE. 
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Time OF EXPERIMENT. ARE a Ee: ¢ : 23 ts eS | 23 
Pe Pes Mien PR esis, cece ORE ieee 
= ori aes en eee sa OR eed iy ha) iS 
: on ae pe Wie 
Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs. | Lbs, Won Cal. 
(| Grain, 1,20} 1.03] <207| '.04) ¥75| 040) ==" 1 
Ensilage,| 1.20} .44] .03 | .02| .27;.12} — |) — 
Dec. Ist to 31st, 1894, Hay, .40| .33) .03|.0o1| .18).1r}| — | — 
| SS) a a a es eS —— 
| Total, {2.86} 1.80) .26 | .07 | 1/20! .27 13440) 3825 
(| Grain, 1.74| £.49| .28 | .06] 1.09] .06 | — | — 
| | Ensilage,| 1.30] .49] .04 | .o2| .30/.13|/ — |) — 
Jan. Ist to 31st, 1895, { | Hay, .46| .33|) .03|.0o1] .18}.11 | — | — 
ey Dae jie i ala MMIII, ETN. ate 
(| Total, | 3.50} 2.31] .35 | og | 1.57] .30 | 4490 | 4945 
(| Grain, 1.80] 1.56] .31 | .06 | 1.13] .06| — | — 
Ensilage,,1736).51) .04 | .02 |. .3T) .T4./) —— | — 
Feb. Ist to 28th, 1895, Hay, .47| .33) .03|.or] .18).11 | — | — 
| er eee ee 
{: Total, | 3.63| 2.40] .38 | .og | 1.62] .31 | 4635 | 5080 
Average, - 2 = 8.33) 2.17) .83 | .08 | 1.47) .29 | 4205 | 4615 
* The total nutrients are given instead of the weights of digestible nutrients. The market 
conditions are seldom such that wheat can be economically fed, and on this account no diges- 
tion experiments have ever been made with whole wheat. Last year wheat was so cheap that 
it was an economical cattle feed, but in the absence of all data it is not practicable to calculate 
the digestible nutrients in the rations here used. 
+ The calculated fuel values were obtained from the results of the analyses, assuming the 
ftiel value of a pound of protein to be 1860 calories, a pound of fat 4220, and a pound of carbo- 
hhydrates 1860 calories. 
STATISTICS OF ANIMALS DURING THE EXPERIMENT. 
At the beginning of the experiment (December 1, 1894), 
the 140 lambs weighed 10,000 pounds. At the close of the 
first month they were sheared and weighed again, the wool 
being weighed also. The weight of the wool was 666 pounds; 
the weight of the lambs after they were sheared, 9,925 pounds; 
total weight of lambs and wool, 10,591 pounds, a gain for the 
month of 591 pounds. 
During the month of January two lambs died. Through an 
oversight their weights were not taken, but as they were small 
it was estimated to be 125 pounds for the two. ‘The result for 
January was as follows: Weight of 140 lambs, January 1, 1895, 
