224 STORRS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION. 
TABLE 43.— Pecuniary econony of the different rations fed lots one and two 


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Total a 
DAILY RATION. | Pgriop. weight to 
of ten | Gain | Cost of| of pro 
Lot lambs for | ation | qucin 
No. at the | period.| Pe | r00 Ibs, 
: beginning day. [gain liv 
Character and amounts, Total No. Duration. | and end weight, 
weight. of period. 
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Narrow ration. Ibs. 1897-8. lbs. lbs. | cents. 
Concentrated feeds: pea meal, 
10; corn, 4; bran, 2, 
Coarse fodders: clover rowen, 
9; silage, 18, . : j 
Concentrated feeds: pea meal, 
10; corn, 5%; bran, 5%, 
Coarse fodders: clover rowen, 
jeasliape, 14; . 
Total, 

16 )| | Dec. 21 882 
Bins I to 105 15.0 | $5.31 
Jan, 21. 987 : 
137 | 20.1 | 4.5m 

AVET Ages a ete, | Svauee dls eels wale a epeaeea ner 19.1 | 495 
Wide ration. 
Concentrated foods: corn, 14; 
pea meal, 41%, : : 
Coarse fodders. clover rowen, 
g; Silage, 17, . : : 
Concentrated foods; corn, ie 
pea meal, 5%, : : 
Coarse fodders: clover rowen, 
Q; silage, 12, . 
Total, 
105 19.8 3.72 




iad WARES Pe Mt ae Cry eho 8 boys 
Pent Nach HAY oot c esto 4 Onn en rn 

Average, 

Description of Experiments with Lambs of the Third Lot. — 
The lambs in this test consisted of a lot of 200 selected from 
a carload of feeding lambs bought in Chicago, November 17, 
1897. They arrived in Middlefield, Conn., on November 20, 
having been three days in transit. They were what are called 
“natives” in Chicago. Nearly all of them had black or smut 
faces, and apparently carried quite a proportion of the blood of 
the “down” breeds. They were considered good feeders. 
The lambs were sheared a few days after arrival, and clipped an 
average of 3? pounds of medium wool per lamb. The lot of 
200 lambs averaged 734 pounds each in weight when the ex- 
periment began, December 1, 1897. During the ten days pre- 
vious, while they were being “put on to their feed,” they 
gained an average of nearly five pounds each above their 
weight in Chicago. . 7 
There were three feeding periods in the test, of 15, 16, and 

