84 SHEEP HUSBANDRY. 
weights of the wethers in each lot when the experiment be- 
gan and ended, the total increase made, and the averages 
of these. 
TABLE III.—Weights and Increase. 

WEIGHTS WHEN EXPERIMENT. 





LOT Began Closed = 
May 2nd. Aug. 21st INCREASE 
Total 805.0 973.0 168.0 
al 
Average 80.5 97-3 16.8 
Total | 809.0 1078.0 269.0 
2 | 
| 
Average 80.9 107.8 26.9 





The increase made was not very large by the wethers of 
either lot, but it was very much better in the case of the 
wethers to which grain was fed. Those in lot one madea 
gain of only 16.6 pounds each, or at the rate of but 4.5 
pounds per month of 30 days. Those in lot two made a 
gain of 26.9 pounds, or 7.2 pounds per month. These gains 
were, however, all that could be reasonably looked for at 
that season of the year, especially under the conditions. In 
hot weather and when flies are plentiful, sheep will not make 
the gains that they do in the fall. 
Table IV, gives the increase made by the wethers of 
each lot during each period of the experiment, and the aver- 
ages of such increase. 
TABLE IV.—Increase by Periods. 

GAINS BY PERIODS. 







First Second | Third Fourth Total 
LOT 
May 2—May 29—June 26—luly 24—Aug. 21. 
Total 24.0 26.0 23.0 95.0 168.0 
1 =— 
Average 2.4. 2.6 Ps 9.5 16.8 
Total 71.0 54.0 33.0 111.0 269.0 
2 =! 
Average Cork 5.4 3.3 atobogk 26.9 




