| Show College To Foster New Lamb Feeding Experiment Test I According to to plans plans recently II I I worked out by toy Professor Profesor Alma E Ea Ea- Ea pUn Professor E E. J 3 J. Maynard County Agent Lamont Lament E. E I and Sumner Hatch the 1930 1936 and I 1 1937 1 lamb feeding experiment at atthe atthe I the nr Branch Agricultural con College ere at Cedar City will 11 be different from those Iamb lanm feeding experiment conducted in the past peat at the experImental experImental experImental exper exper- farm at the Branch Dranch col col- lere lege leg The previous Ul experiments have haven been n with feeder lambs where Yarb yar v lous b us rations have been tried out outto outto to determine their value In fattening fattening fatten ratten- ing Ini both whether hether and ewe ee lambs lamb Since this type of work has hu been rather extensively conducted at the Colorado station and In several leveral places In Utah as sa well wen as at the Branch College re It was deemed advisable advisable ad ad- this year rear to secure Some IOme In- In Information I formation regarding the COS cost cost- and I the advisability of growing ewe lambs to maturity In feed lots The purpose of or the coming experiment Is to determine the mot t economic method of properly ewe Wl wc lan lambs a and lid to the cost of or raising ewe lambs tl to maturity Inthe In Inthe inthe the feed lots with the cost of carrying carrying carrying car car- similar lambs lamb over winter on the range an and to determine by subsequent weights of fleeces lamb Jamb crop percentages and of or orthe the animas themselves whether the fed lambs Jambs have ad id advantage vantage over the range ranie raised lambs to justify the additional feed feul and labor costs coats of carrying them over their first winter In feed lots iota To q quote ote Professor Esplin The cost of growing the ewe lamb to maturity has increased with the I Increase of costs cOtts of or grazing land and maintenance costs costa ISla The cash from lambs lamb sold cold each fall has necessitated the e u use e of or the best ranges for forthe the market lambs lamb The ewe la after arter weanIng weaning wean- wean Ing go to the winter range thus suffering a direct change of ot feed teed The Tha following spring and md summer sum luna mfr mar the best range la Sa used wed by th Uw th ewes and lambs lamb and the yearling ewe Is placed out In less Jeu valuable range range In En this situation many ew no lambs fall rail to attain normal s size when 18 months old the tha usual age for bleeding Jt It is la h a common ex ex- lit ut nce nee to secure only 50 per cent lamb product a on tr r mi yearling c rata nIl when t the e herd excluding ie yel yen J linK ling prod e 80 m per cent lambs That many y ewes fail tall to to normal or 1 ilze atze In 1 16 18 Ii r J oaths under Utah U t t. a h ranie ange conditions cor makes studies In buL rapId rAPId rap rap- Id development of or p e lambs of t value lo to th the sheet of th th state The method the school chool will Sol follow fol tol low in the experiment will probably be as follows Cooperation of softo O O range sheep heep operator wil wilbe U J be e ed rd and U P possible 25 ewe uniform as possible In type e breed Ing size and age aie would be sele selected ted from the herd cf of the cooperator and dl divided Into five groups ot of 50 head fiend each each lot to be pant paint branded with a lve mask maik and ear tagged ear tagged with numbered Identification ta tags s Three l lots ts of f fifty head each would be placed on oh feed at the Branch college Iego farm Jarm Jarmand farmand and two lots Iota w would be run nm In the herd on the d desert t. t Of Qt the three fed lots loti three different dl rations ration would be tried respectively 1 1 Alfalfa tiny hay y two too to W three tl pounds per day per head freshwater hew fresh esh water at will wUl salt and andone bone one meal at will 2 Two pounds alfalfa five live pounds pound j barley rey fresh tresh water salt and bone meal meat at will 3 S. One po pound Dd aU alfalfa U two to three pounds corn com stage silage ge fr fresh water ter salt and bone meal at will wUl Careful weight rr records of ot the e amounts of ot teed feed com continued consumed by by each pen would be kept and te teed feed casts east costs and l labor bor costs coats c ts tabulated Of ot the two lots run on the he range one would receive one of a pound of ot cottonseed cake k and nd nd ch check k lot of ot 50 head bead would simply imply sIr be run with the range r range ne head Unda under fh the fhe same conditions conditioN as t the e older r ewes in the herd Each lot would be weighed at the beginning and closing of the feed feed- trig Ing period and the Uie fed red lot lots wo would ld be weighed weight at day Intervals during the feeding period n Body Jy measurements such uch as GS heart girth and length of body would 1 be pe e made At the beginning and completion of W the f feeding project Final Fin body weights of or each lot would be secured before shearing and nd after alter shearing and samples of or wool would Quid be taken from each In Individual in in- sheep hep for tests in lit shrinkage shrink shrink- shrinkage age staple length and of CIl wool f fibre It Jt Is hoped to brand the various U tots Jots with a distinctive brand bland after arter shearing and to follow the same ab sheep through oU h th tl he two boo following years I on on the range ranle securing fleece Y weights i ts shrinking Je taie on wool and nd per percentage of 01 la limb lamb p crop op on on m each crop of 01 50 60 head In utter matter U ft any ny particular lot tot lotho should ho 14 prove prove notably superior In w wool t or lamb production some de- de fu conclusions night might be drawn as u to Ute the advisability of fe feeding ewe lambs |
