240 MANAGEMENT OF SIIEEP. 



These results are said to agree with those of De Dombale, 

 and with those of a number of other agriculturists. 



It will be perceived by the above table, that u-heat pro- 

 duces the greatest increase in the flesh of the sheep, though 

 but little greater than oats ; that peas, wheat, and rye, pro- 

 duce the greatest increase of wool ; and that barley and 

 wheat cause the greatest increase of tallow. That, as an 

 average, grain generally gives about three times the increase 

 in the flesh, that roots do when in equal weight ; that grain 

 produces about twice as much wool as is caused by an equal 

 weight of roots, and several times the amount of tallow. 



The legitimate conclusion from the foregoing is, that the 

 flock-master, whose object is wool only, must rely on good 

 hay and some straw, whose constituents are admirably 

 adapted for the growth and perfection of wool, with a mod- 

 erate allowance daily of ground peas and oats, and some po- 

 tatoes as green food, for the greatest amount of wool ; and 

 those gross substances, oil-cake, corn-meal, and ruta-baga, 

 may be turned over to the producers of fat mutton. This 

 will presently be adverted to again. 



OBSERVATIONS ON GERMAN MANAGEMENT. 



The Germans are unrivalled in their scientific and practical 

 knowledge of every department in agriculture, and in no 

 one superior to that of sheep management. Economy is the 

 grand basis of every species of cultivation, and their profits 

 are rigidly determined by the expense of means employed 



