Show FOR FATTENING THE LAMBS Experiments With Shelled Corn and Alfalfa Hay Furnish Valuable C Comparison for Breeder W. W C C. Coffey chief In sheep husbandry husband ry at the University of ot Illinois has a completed his experiments on the proportion proportion pro pro- proportion portion of shelled corn and alfalfa hay haytor for tor fattening Western lambs The experiment experiment ex also furnishes a valuable comparison of of the feeding and market qualities of ot wether and ewe lambs Iambs and shows the effects of ot early and late shearing on the feeding operations asa as asa asa a whole Western lambs which had been purchased pur chased on the Chicago market about a year ago were used in the experiment These were divided into two main groups Group one was fed the largest quantity of or corn that It was possible to get the lambs to consume with just enough hay to keep them healthy and thriving Group two was fed ted a large larg amount of ot hay with just enough corn core to put them in choice market condl condi- tion In experiment or group one four lots loti lotsof of ot wether lambs were fed ted as nearly as possible like two of the lots of ot wether lambs In experiment No 2 three lots loti lotsof of lambs were vere shared shared early and three were sheared late In each experiment the lambs receiving Ing the tho largest proportion of ot corn made the largest gains The difference between between be be- between tween nether ether and ewe lambs In feed feedIng feedIng feeding Ing and market qualities were vere slight Shorn lambs ate more feed teed than unshorn unshorn un shorn lambs In warm weather but there was as little difference between them In gains and no difference In iii market quality Lambs left In the fleece until the end of ot the experiment sheared from 2 to pounds per head more than early shorn early shorn lambs and on OD this account returned more profit |