Show Branch College Starts I II I Feeding Demonstration I I IThe I The Agricultural dC department of the I Branch Agricultural College of f Utah has haa commenced another lamb f feeding ceding I I i demonstration as a continuation of f the feeding test conducted last year year rear II at the coll college e farm tum I Three hundred head had of ot crossbred lambs have been purchased on a feedIng feed feed- ling ing contract with Cornelius Brothers Packing company of Los Angeles These lambs are principally Suffolk Ram cross with a few Lincoln Lincoln- Rambouillet let cross lambs in the lot They will be divided into pens pena of thirty five head each with a replacement replace replace- ee- ee 1 ment anent pent to take tIte care of dead loss 1065 II or other shortage As nearly as possible possible possible ble they will be classified according to weight Rations of ot alfalfa hay barley and molasses will be fed to all and half the Pena pens will be fed ted corn silage e and steamed bone meal in addition tomake to tomake tomake make a a. com comparison arison with the basic ration Each lamb will be branded with a number corresponding to the pen to which it It belongs and arrangements arrangements arrangements arrange arrange- ments have been made with the packers pack pack- ers for securing a dressing weight on each uch pen I The test will continue one hundred days after the lambs are placed on full I feed These lambs were selected from a aI I range shipment brought to Cedar City Cedar City from the Cedar mountain summer i range of Frank Prank and Harry Thorley They average about two sixty pounds per head ranging from about bout forty- forty five to seventy as maximum and min min- imam They will WUl be weighed twice each uch month and accurate records will alil willbe be kept to determine the feed required to produce each pound of gain in weight |