Experiments designed to test the need and value of salt in the rations
of feeder lambs have been conducted by the Kansas Agricultural
Experiment Station for the past three years. The tests have shown
that feedlot gains and feedlot efficiency are reduced when supplemental
salt is withheld from the rations of fattening lambs in the
feedlot. When the lamb were all slaughtered after a uniform feeding
period, the lambs receiving no salt had lower yielding and lower
grading carcasses than the lambs given salt.