Table 1. Basal diet composition (dry matter %) of hairbreed lambs
| Ingredients | Percentage |
| Ground corn grain | 55.5 |
| Alfalfa hay | 22.5 |
| Wheat straw | 2.1 |
| Cotton seed meal | 13.16 |
| Soybean meal | 4.0 |
| Cane molasses | 1.23 |
| Calcium carbonate | 0.46 |
| Salt | 0.46 |
| Minerals1) | 0.46 |
| Dry matter (%) | 89.64 |
| ME2) (Mcal kg−1) | 2.88 |
| Crude protein | 15.56 |
Trace minerals (Fe, 4,000 mg kg−1; 92 Mn, 4,800 mg kg−1; Zn, 5,460 mg kg−1; Cu, 1,000 mg kg−1; I, 140 mg kg−1; Co, 16.6 mg kg−1; Se, 16.4 mg kg−1).
ME, metabolizable energy based on ME values for each ingredient.