FATTENING SHEEP AND LAMBS IN WINTER 237 



is doubtless caused by the way that the animals have been 

 fed and by the condition at the time of slaughter. If the 

 sheep are not improving, but rather losing flesh at the 

 time of slaughter, the less active conditions of the ex- 

 cretory organs removes less perfectly from the system all 

 the waste products. This view finds countenance in the 

 fact that the flavor referred to is not present in mutton 

 well fed and well finished. 



