The fatlening-ofl' of 4700 lambs from 80 acres of land may seem a tall story until analysed, when it appears quite feasible. Off 50 acres of lucerne 300 tons of hay produced in five cuttings. Three hundred tons of sorghum silage were cut from 20 acres of land. There were purchased 3800 bushels of maize for feed at 2s fld per bushel, and £2OO was paid for cotton-seed meal. The lambs were given a daily ration of 21b or silage each, lib lucerne hay, and one-sixth of a pound of cotton-seed meal to which was added lib of maize each during the latter part of the feeding. The lambs paid £3 a ton for the lucerne hay and 30s a ton for the ensilage. This is considered a reasonable profit in Kansas, U.S.A., where these lambs were fattened and marketed (according to the Country Gentleman) in from CO to 120 days.
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1915, Page 9
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151Page 9 Advertisements Column 1 Taranaki Daily News, 30 October 1915, Page 9
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