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Weight. Percent. Price. Amount. 



Two pair legs 47 29.19 9 $423 



Two ribs 37 22.98 8 2 96 



Two loins 33 20.50 8 264 



Two chucks 44 27.33 2 88 



Total of two lambs. . . 161 100. 10 71 



LINCOLNS. 



Two pair legs 45 30.61 9 4 05 



Two ribs 35 23.81 8 280 



Two chucks 39 26.54 2 78 



Two loins 28 19.04 8 2 24 



Total of fwo lambs. . . 147 100. 9 87 



LEICE8TER8. 



Two pair legs 48 29.09 9 4 32 



Two ribs 38 23.03 8 3 04 



Two loins 35 21.21 8 2 80 



Two chucks 44 26.67 2 88 



Total of two lambs. . . 165 100. 11 04 



COT8WOLDS. 



Two pair legs 48 30.19 9 432 



Two ribs 38 23.90 8 3 04 



Two loins 30 18.87 8 240 



Two chucks 43 27.04 2 86 



Total of two lambs. . .159 100. 10 62 



DOKSETS. 



Two pair legs 41 30.15 8 328 



Two ribs 33 24.26 7^ 2 47 



Two loins 25 18.38 7J4 188 



Two chucks 37 27.21 2 74 



Total of two lambs. . . 136 100. 8 37 



Two pair legs 30 29.41 9 270 



Two ribs 22 21.57 8 176 



Two loins 22 21.57 8 1 76 



Two Chucks 28 27.45 2 56 



Total of two lambs. . . 102 100. 6 78 



The form and figure of any animal to be fed for profit 

 have always been a matter of primary importance to the 

 feeder. We are always to think of the ancient wise man's 

 remark that the feeding of animals is the most important 

 part of agriculture. It is so in two ways. First the profit 

 to be made from the feeding, and second, the manure left 

 by which the exhaustion of the soil, in producing the crops 

 by which the animals are fed, is repaired. And so it is 

 that the feeder of sheep must study the form of the 



