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that one hundred pounds of roots fed in a yard with shelters 

 will give one pound of live weight to the sheep, or if fed in 

 an open pasture without protection it will require one hun- 

 dred and fifty pounds to produce the same result, or one- 

 third more, and this relative proportion will hold with re- 

 gard to all other kinds of feeding. If one and one-half 

 pounds of oil-cake is given daily, the increase is two pounds 

 for every 100 pounds of roots, which shows that four and 

 one-half pounds of oil-cake will make one pound of 

 mutton. When peas, beans and hay were fed with 

 the roots it was found that eight pounds of the 

 mixed grain would make one pound increase in weight, 

 and oats fed with roots shows that seven pounds of 

 oats, with the same quantity of roots as fed before, will 

 give one pound of increase. Six pounds of barley would 

 produce the same result. Messrs. L/awes and Gilbert in the 

 course of experiments, established the fact, that to produce 

 100 pounds of mutton it was necessary to feed 272J pounds 

 of oil-cake, 252J pounds clover hay, and 3753 pounds of 

 roots (rutabagas). These experiments are recorded in the 

 Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. In summing 

 up, they, taking into consideration the various conditions of 

 the animals, the varying value of the feed and its quality, 

 and all the circumstances of disturbance and repose in which 

 a flock may be kept, came to the conclusion that, to produce 

 one pound of flesh, it would be necessary to feed the follow- 

 ing substances under a shelter, as it would require an addi- 

 tion of one-half of each food to attain the same result in the 

 open pasture. This calculation too is based upon the idea 

 of there being no other food in reach. It is as follows : 



Rutabagas fed under cover 100 pounds. 



Good clover hay 12 " 



Beans or Peas 8 " 



Oats 7 " 



Barley 6 " 



Linseed oil-cake meal 6 " 



Linseed oil-cake meal and peas mixed 4-i ' 



