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In this experiment the sheep No. 1 weighed, March 22, 

 153 lb., and May 10, 170.5 lb. gain 17.5 Ib. No. 2 weighed, 

 March 22, 134 lb., and May 10, 151.5 lb. gain 17.5 lb. No. 

 3 weighed, March 22, 170 lb., and May 10, 187 lb. gain 

 17.5 lb. No. 4 weighed, March 22, 135 lb., and May 10, 

 155 lb. gain 19 lb* 



An analysis of the following experiment, reported in ' The 

 Book of the Farm,' will give a farther insight into the typical 

 diet of sheep ; in this case the sheep were only in their second 

 year. They were fed for three months viz., between the 4th 

 January and 31st March 1845 on Swedish turnips and hay : 



Each consumed. 



Each gained. Hay. Swedes. 



lb. lb. lb. 



Leicesters, .15 255 4027 



South-downs, . 14 252 4110 



Half-breds, . 17| 261 4255 



Cotswolds, .17 276 4862 



It will be enough to give the particulars of one sheep from 

 among the Leicesters ; number of days, 85. 



Daily allowance of hay, 3 lb. 



Swedish turnips, nearly 47 lb. 6 oz. 



Ounces of hay per day, 48. 

 turnips do., 758. 



Per cent of flesh-formers in hay, . . 8.70 

 heat-givers . 53.82 



mineral matters . . 6.10 



Per cent of flesh-formers in turnips, . 0.72 

 heat-givers . 7.67 



mineral matters . 0.84 



Whence 



100 : 8.70 : : 48 : 4.17 oz. flesh-formers in hay. 

 100 : 53.82 : : 48 : 25.82 oz. heat- givers 



100 : 6.10 : : 48 : 2.92 oz. mineral matters 



English Journal of Agriculture,' vol. xxi. p. 104. 



