222 ‘STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT’ STATION. 
part clover rowen to two parts of silage by weight. After 
feeding this ration for a week or ten days it became apparent 
that the experiment could not be carried out on the lines laid 
down, if profitable gains were to be expected, as the lambs were 
not disposing of a satisfactory amount of feed. At the end of 
about ten days bran was substituted for a part of the pea meal, 
making the ration one-half pea meal, one-fourth bran, and 
one-fourth corn. 
Lot 2 was fed the wider ration, which consisted of three 
parts corn and one part pea meal, the corn silage and hay being 
the same in quality as for Lot.1. The proportion of the grain 
feeds used in the ration remained the same throughout the ex- 
periment. The coarse fodders used consisted of nearly two 
parts of corn silage to one part of clover rowen for the first. 
period, and two parts of corn silage to one and one-half parts of 
clover rowen for the second period. The total grain ration 
for the second period was also increased. The amounts of the 
various feeding stuffs, and the total nutrients consumed per 
day, on the average, by the first two lots of lambs for each of 
the two periods, are shown in the following tables. The pro- 
portions of total dry matter and of digestible nutrients were 
estimated from average figures for composition and digesti- 
bility of the several kinds food materials. 
TABLE 41.— Total weight of different feetling stuffs and of digestible nutrients 
in datly rations Ee to ten lambs of the. first lot... 














¥ “Drosstipie NUTRIENTS. 
; Total i | Ay 
Feeds used. ‘Total dry -| Noa 
> ° - ravio. 
Mer Eoatisr | Protein. Fat. byarsiee 
Period [31 dag Vi wees -Ibs.a) Pealbs: Ibs. lbs. 
Corn, ; ; : ake 4. Ee | {23 hy I 2708 
Bran, 5 Oa) tae : 2 1.8 .24 .05 Ae 
Pea meal, . : ; F 10 g.0 “. °3.68 .06 5.18 | 
Clover rowen, . : righ edi Se 8.0 88° ts xg 3.30. 
Slave.) : ‘ | AB ae TB ts ee 
20.7. |. 3x2! 255 14.40. 1 Au 
Period II — 31 days. | eee oe | 
Corn, - ': P eh. aas 5% 4.8 A ap a 3.504 
Bran,.: |. ie ts i 5% 498 Ga 566 1S 2.12 
Pea meal, betas 6 ’ i Co pers Per Fas emo Ps ary sth .Q6) [°° Bren: 
Clover rowetigs io fsulsen hs As 2]: On 2a NO, 15>) eens ae 
Silagey) 2 0) dee teh Tdest| teed) 7FE4 | oa PO ole cae 
28.2 | 3.49 [03 | 15 -4Bnie :4.8 


