SHEEP. 

 TABLE 



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Showing the Consumption of Food and the Increase of Animal, per Week, for each 100 Ibs. 



Live Weight. 



SHEEP. 



It will be seen by the above, that among the breeds experimented upon, the Cotswolds 

 gave the largest per cent, of increase per week on each 100 Ibs. live weight, and also the 

 largest per cent, of increase per week in proportion to the amount of food consumed. Dr. 

 Lawes by a course of experiments also established the fact that to produce 100 Ibs. of mutton, 

 it will be necessary to feed 272- pounds of oilcake, 252|- pounds of clover hay, and 3,753 

 pounds of rutabagas. The various conditions of the animals are taken into consideration in 

 arriving at the conclusions, as well as the varying value of feed and its quality, together with 



