Show I 1 waa LIVE L I 1 V STOCK si OCK LAMBS FATTENED ON SMALL GRAIN wheat barley oats and rye worth trying grain prices are so abnormal now t that hat lanill lamb feeders must give Ill usual attention to the grain mai macket kat in order to reduce the cost of reeding feeding operations says V F U B morrison amorrison Morr lson head of tile the animal husbandry department of the college ot of agriculture at cornell vi wheat heat has been selling on the chicago market decidedly below corn coin a colt on which would not lime have been considered soldered poss possible ble a year ngo iino oats anil 1161 1 irley birley b are aie cheaper than torn corn und and rye re Is still lower in price this raises the question adds add pro li fessor norrison Morr lson ns as to the relative le lithe values vallies of various ailous grains for lanil lamb fee dlug in three nt lit the alicel sim gill rind and tile the south bouth digoia experiment stations sacral years iago hoo lambs fed wheat and hay ninde made just its as rapid gians g jilts ns as others other fed shelled torn corn und and wheat tile wheat fed lambs required only 2 per rent cent more feed for patch pounds pound of if gain aban did those fed COVIL coin lit in four other experiments wheat was complied compared with hurley barley for limb iamb feeding and it proved to be worth slIghtly amre wore limn than barley british experiments peri ments likewise show liow h that wheat Is worth north slightly more than barley ton for ton for fattening lambs lanias and that aliat it Is neatly nearly emuil to corn for cattle and swine wheat should be rolled or ground but sheep can usually grind their own own wheat with very hard wheat it may be more economical to grind the grain even tor for sheep otherwise some will not be properly chewed many tests testa prove that lambs fed barley make practically as rapid gains as ai those fed wheat but that they re quire slightly more feed for each too pounds of gain considering till all ahe the facts available it may be concluded that barley Is worth from IS 18 to 20 per cent less a ton for lambs than Is shelled corn it Is not necessary to grind ordinary barley for sheep oats are well liked by sheep and are excellent for the breeding flock this grata grain Is also one of the best feeds to mix mis with the heavier gr grains iris such accorn tr in starting lambs a or sheep on fattening feeds oits oats are bulky however ho eer and high in fiber and not es p suited to be the chief grain for fattening animals hence when oats are used in stinting starting lambs on feed says professor merrl morrl son the proportion Is gradual lv de creased and the oats are usually omit ted fed entirely after the lambs tire are ou on full feed |