FEEDING OF GROWING SHEEP. 567 



Also 



100 : 0.72 : : 758 : 5.45 oz. flesh-formers in turnips. 

 100 : 7.67 : : 758 : 58.13 oz. heat-givers 



100 : 0.84 : : 758 : 6.36 oz. mineral matters 



Hay. Turnips. 



oz. oz. 



Flesh-formers, . . 4.17 5.45 



Heat-givers, . . 25.82 58.13 



Mineral matters, . . 2.92 6.36 



oz. 



Total flesh-formers in diet per day, . 4.17 + 5.45 = 9.62 



heat-givers . 25.82 + 58.13 = 83.95 



mineral matters,,, . 2.92+ 6.36= 9.28 



There is a considerable contrast between this daily diet of a 

 sheep and that deduced before from Voelcker's experiment (p. 

 565), the daily amount of flesh-formers being larger in the last 

 case by 9.62 4.45 = 5.17 oz. ; that of heat and fat givers by 

 83.95 53.77 = 30.18 oz. ; and that of mineral matter by 

 9.284.88 = 4.40 oz. 



But it should be observed that the sheep in this last ex- 

 periment had but entered their second year, and therefore 

 growing, and accordingly the weight respectively at the com- 

 mencement of experiment was, in Voelcker's case, sheep No. 1 

 weighed 153 lb., while the heaviest sheep in the last detailed 

 case weighed no more than 56 J lb. 



Whence results the necessity in estimating the amount of a 

 sheep's diet to take into account its age, or at least whether it 

 be in a growing state or already in a state of maturity, be- 

 sides what relates to its pregnancy and the suckling of the 

 young. 



On Feeding the Pig. The pig is naturally omnivorous, 

 though, even in the wild state, it does not attack living ani- 

 mals for the sake of food, confining itself for the most part to 

 roots and fruits. In the wild state it is said to be even deli- 

 cate in its choice of food for example, that in the American 



