Show College Co Commences Lamb Feeding Test The Utah Lamb Feeding experiment experiment expert men ment comparing ewe lambs fed during the next 6 II months In the feed lot with similar ewe lambs run on the winter range with the herd was wu commenced last week eek on the eX experimental farm of the Branch Agricultural College In this thU study smooth bodied grade ewes were divided di divided dl di- vided Into 2 lots lot each lamb was weighed ear ear tagged tagged and branded Individually 50 SO head were turned back with the herd and will berun be berun berun run on the winter range on th the e Arizona strip The remaining 7 75 5 head were trucked to the college farm where they were were divided Into 3 pens of 25 23 head each Each of the 3 pens will be fed a different ration of locally grown feed Next spring at shearing time the feed lot group will be returned to the herd hero individual weights again aam being taken on both range an and d feed teed lot lambs fleece weight re recorded re- re e. e ren corded and fleece samples taken take n n for laboratory analysts analysis A year later at shearing time in n 1938 1038 the same data will be secured secured ed plus the percentage lamb crop of each of the or 2 groups groups and again at shearing time in 1939 The purpose of this thu investigation L Is to determine among other things whether feeding of ot ewe ew e lambs the first winter of their lives results In enough increase 1 in n fleece weight body growth and and percentage of offspring the first firs I two years pears lears following to justify th the e increased labor and feed teed cost in In- In The lambs for tor the experiment t are ars part of the herd of Charles H. H Esplin of Cedar City They comp comi from a sumer aumer range In the the- section southeast of Navajo lake and are tra trailed lIed from there to a winter ran range e in northern Arizona The herd hert is principally of R Hood with occasional outCropping out crop ping pine of Lincoln Lincoln let cross and a few Corrie Corrle- dales in previous generations and andare andare andare are f fairly typical of the ewes kept in th the great majority of large herds In Southern Utah |