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Qtits instoad of the bran. Once a fortnight, \vc weighed 

 both the animals and the food they were to have, during 

 that period ; and we ascertained 



1. That, on llth Pi-airial, the day on which we killed 

 one of them, the total weight of the three amounted 

 to 3261b. shewhifij an increase in their weight of 83 ib. 



2. That the dilierenee between the heaviest and the 

 lightest was 8 1-2 lb. that is to say 4 lb. J) oz. less than 

 when they were put up to fatten. 



3. That the sheep of greatest weight at the end, was 

 that which was neither heaviest nor lightest at the be- 

 ginning. 



4 Tiiat the lightest in the beginning remained so to 

 the end. 



5. That the greatest increase in each took place du- 

 ring the first twelve days. 



6. That during hot weather, their increase was retard- 

 ed in two only; after which, the weather bccomiug 

 cooler, the increase was more I'cmarkable. 



7. That at two dilVerent times, one harl gained weightj 

 while the other two had lost: and it was not the same 

 each time. 



8. That after 15'Ji Prairial, the remaining two 

 had g'-adually lost weight, though unequally. 



Each of the sheep consL>med in 8(3 days, 2811b. of 

 food, which is at the rate of 31b. 4 oz. a day. 



It was not when they consumed most food that 

 their increase in weight was greatest, for they consumed 

 most from the 15th to the 45th day. 



The sheep killed on 14th Prairial, being the lightest 

 of the three, weighed 99 ib as follows: lb. 



ilMeat and bone - - - - 51 

 Fleece - - - 7 1-4 



Fat .... 5 1-2 



Liver and lungs . . . . 4 

 Head, feet, skin, and entrails - 28 1-2 



J^lood; ^ - - 3J-2 



99 3-4 



