Show llHithj XX lid Mil nr alrtreo I The Utah experiment station eonu lime ago made cents experiments In tteer and sheep feeding to aacertaln the I relative value of timothy ha > wild hay coil slfilfi Inerne the teiti warn lot ronildcred xery reliable howexir for the reaaon that both the rattle and sheep > were tonnned In pen so moll hat there waa no room for cxeI and onieqiienll the appetites of the aol anal were Impaired The pIpers were milled < into three lots which recelxeil llfferent fnoda One lot wai fed timothy tim-othy at tho rate of 48 pound per day another lot wan fed nellIe hay at tho Poole role I ard the third lot wai glxen the come weight if alfalfa The teat anted from April 20 tn Maya al May-a perloil of about 40 days I At the 1 end of that time the drat lot had eon nnied of timothy hay 1 972 IS pounds and hid lost In weight lIt pound The licond lot had I cnn fed 20916 of mllva lay I nnd had toil 49 pound In weUht lot 3 had loll fed JOS07 pound of alfalfa and had gained 27 pounds In wight It will be rrn by tho table that the lot ho timothy hay did poorest nnd the lot nn Ihe lucerne hny beat 1 The III < disparity In gain la I not explained 1 by the different amount of food enlen These receiving tlmolh hnv waited llC ponndi more than the other and eonsurned over 100 pounds leu I of food but Ihla 100 poiinda I of food would nc rou n I for leis than twenty pound dif ference In polo and gun cry little to relieve the disparity In tho gain of the fferent Inli Continuing t Ihe bulletin asye Our experiment with the iheep wa I a xillli thfl rIll mentloneil In Ibo Ib-o flllllJl nf Ibli article In pen to entaIl thai appetite was reduced boyond iwlnt of inalutonance The remit are lml lam to thoM > In the preceding trial With Ihe item the amount eaten wo mb stanllally niuil anti yet come of the lteeea gained where other bet With heel the amount of timothy nnd wild hay eaUn wa aulMUntlally equal while the aheep did poorer on the timothy tim-othy hay Unlike Ihe ateer experlmenl the iheip nle morn of lucerne than ol Ihe other xarletle of hay and made n IHwItlve gain llolh experiment concur Ihen In allowing thn lucerne In the burn li I amore a-more xaliiAble foo < l than either timothy IIin forl Ir I or wild hay Thli doe not agree will oar paituro experiments Inxarlably In the pasture green lucerne hu been found lea I sill 1 than the other RraMe for grut inrpone The ihetp ft lucerne coniumn only 17 per cent of their live weight per day nnd et made a Rain of fourteen four-teen pound < l Till 17 per cent of live weight ilnlly la I n little lees 1 than li I regarded re-garded ni n maintenance ration Tiooe that were fed on timothy aol wild buy ale considerably lea than n recocnlKs I ration which account cntlrrl for tho failure to grow and rest a not In the kind of food nor In any other facto but that of appetite Thn moral of tIlls experiment la I thn ono of tie flrat factors In aiiceeufn feeding la I the maintenance of appelll for the consumption nf sulllclenl fooi nboxo maintenance lliperlments that haxa been from limo to time reportci 1 In tho bulletins of thli alatlon hiv shown that the amount of food con siimed palatnbleneM remaining tho ante by stock li almost In direct rail to tho amount of uxerclM taken In omlllln both Instnncti with aheep It wee osliolly n question of > iinrtera nmpo cnoug far BUfllclent exerelso all pure air to excite a Rood appetite SUMMAUY 1 Tile experiment wIth rattle np penrn to show that lucerno li I a more valuable food pound for pound for growth than timothy hay or will hay 2 The atone reported oiperlmtn with steer apr to allow that a pound of wild hay Is I more xnlualde pound I for pound than n pound at thaI othy 3 The above experiment with ihei appear tn show that a pound of lucerne hay lo I much more xaluablo than ot pound of timothy or wild buoy 1 1 Tho experiment also appear Ie I show Hint n pound at wild boy II I 10rl valuable for sheep than timothy hay I C It add another proof la thoM n cued nt this stntlon that exerolte Is I IndlipensnMe to appetite and growth |