Investigations with Sheep. 



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754. Weight of carcass. — Lawes and Gilbert' found in triala 

 with sheep of the various breeds the followiii;^ weights of dressed 

 carcass with well-fattened animals: 



Marketable produce for each 100 pounds unfasted weight of sheep, m- 

 cluding wool — EotJiamsted Station. 



Sussex 



Hampshires 



Cross-bred wethers 



Cross-bred ewes 



Leicesters 



Cotswolds 



Relative to live and dead weights, the conclusions of these in- 

 vestigators are: 



''Hoggets or tegs (ewes or wethers under twelve months old) 

 in a lean or store condition will contain about one-half of their 

 weight carcass, and about one-half offal. 



''Shorn sheep, suiticiently fat for the market, will contain 

 about 5G pounds of carcass in every 100 pounds of the unfasted 

 live weight. 



"Sheep in an ordinary state of fatness yield from 7 pounds to 14 

 pounds of offal or loose fat per head, according to breed and size; 

 the long- wools giving the least, and the Downs the most." 



755. Fat-Stock Show test. — At the American Fat-Stock Show 

 in 1884, » animals competing for prizes were slaughtered, with the 

 results shown in the following table: 

 Slaughter tests with sheep at the American Fat-Stock Show, Chicago. 



Jour. lioy. Agr. teuc, iS55, p. y4; 

 ' Breeder's Gazette, 1884, p. 824. 



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