FEEDING EXPERIMENT WITH SHEEP, 93 
Four average animals of quiet dispositions were first selected 
for digestion experiments on the rations to be fed in the feed- 
ing experiments with the other animals. Three groups of five 
each were then selected for the feeding experiments. Lot A of 
five, Nos. 13-17, was placed in a large pen preparatory to 
slaughtering. ‘Two other lots of five each—B, Nos. 20-24, and 
C, Nos. 25-29, were placed in individual pens. They were fed 
alike till Nov. 14, being allowed all the good hay they would eat, 
and each in addition had about one-half pound of ground oats and 
peas. 
Beginning Nov. 14, each animal was allowed 12 ounces of 
ground oats and peas and 1% pounds of early-cut hay. On 
Nov. 16, all of the lambs of lots A, B and C were weighed and 
individuals were shifted until the total weights for each lot were 
nearly the same. 
Six animals of about the same total weight as the other lots 
of five each, were also selected from the remainder of the flock 
and placed in a large pen to be fed collectively. The experiment 
began Nov. 16. Lot B was fed the wide ration and lot C and the 
group (D) had the narrow ration. The following table gives 
the weight of each animal at the beginning of the experiment and 
the total and average for each lot: 
Weights of Each Sheep and Total and Average Weight of Each Lot 
at Beginning of the Experiment. 











Lot (A) SLAUGHTERED. Lots FEp IN SINGLE PENS, Group (D) FEp. 
Nos. Nov. 16. Wide Ration, Lot B. |Narrow Ration, Lot C.| Narrow Ration. 
Lbs. Nos. Lbs. Nos. Lbs. Nos. Lbs. 
13 79.0 20 59.5 25 61.5 30 58.0 
14 60.0 21 75.5 26 55.8 31 48.5 
15 54.5 22 55.5 27 71.3 32 46.0 
16 54.5 23 59.0 28 50.5 33 63.0 
17 56.0 24 56.0 29 63.5 34 45.5 
eT aid SS Ph ae ie. a5 44.0 
Total, 304.0 — 305.5 — 302.6 — 305.0 
Average, 60.8 a 61.1 = 60.5 — 50.9 








From this tabulation it will be seen that the total weights of 
each lot were essentially the same, and that the average weights 
of the sheep in each lot, except the group, were nearly alike. 
