Beaver Press | 1924-05-23 | Page 3 | Roughage for Fattening Lambs in Feeding Test

roughage for fattening lambs in feeding T test es t very little difference between alfalfa and soybean soy bean benti hay as hages for fattening gumbs was waa noted in a feeding test at the illinois experiment station the two hays were fed to lots of 25 lambs fed shelled corn in addition with no supplement cupp lement gains made by the two groups of lambs were almost exactly the same the lambs lambb given soybean soy bean hay ate somewhat more lay than those fed alfalfa but the soybean soy bean hay group ate slightly less corn compensate for the increased hay consumption somewhat more of the soybean soy bean hay was waa wasted then than of alfalfa at the end of the test the alfalfa Jal lambs libS were laere valued ten cents higher than those fed soybean hay but both lots brought the same price when sold at chicago