3 66 



NUTRITION OF FARM ANIMALS 



TABLE 74. INFLUENCE OF PROTEIN SUPPLY ON GAIN BY MATURE FAT- 

 TENING SHEEP 



Lot 2, receiving maize, produced about the same gain relatively 

 to the digestible matter consumed as Lot i, notwithstanding the 

 smaller amount of protein supplied. A block test tended to show a 

 slight superiority on the part of Lot 2. Subsequent experiments l 

 gave confirmatory results, barley being compared with beans on one 

 animal each. The following table shows the actual digestible nu- 

 trients, computed per 1000 kilograms live weight, and the total gain 

 for each period : 



TABLE 75. INFLUENCE OF PROTEIN SUPPLY ON GAIN BY MATURE FAT- 

 TENING SHEEP 



1 Landw. Jahrb., 25 (1896), 175. 



