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with shed to run under at will. They gained 16 Ibs. each 

 during the month. 



To prove the effect of less heating food in hot weather, 

 he placed the two lots of shearlings (Nos. 6 and 7) upon 

 moderate growth of clover, July 1, 1843. 



Ex. 10. The eight shearlings (No. 6), being weighed, 

 were allowed one pint of peas per day, and again weighed 

 at the end of 21 days ; had gained 9M Ibs. each. 



Ex. 11. The eight shearlings (No. 7) being also weighed, 

 were given one pint of old beans, and, at the end of 21 

 days, had gained 6 Ibs. each ; the beans proving to be a 

 too heating food, and the sheep eating them being found 

 to be getting humors, even in this short time, while those 

 fed upon peas were looking very healthy. This is a very 

 doubtful criticism upon the heating qualities of beans and 

 peas, since, as the percentage of carbo-hydrates and oil is 

 about the same in both, the heating qualities must be the 

 same. 



Desiring to test the qualities of the various vegetables in 

 the fall, he divided 30 lambs into equal lots of 10 each, on 

 the 2d of October, 1843, and placed them upon overeaten 

 stubble fields (which the English call "seeds"). To each 

 were fed different vegetables by an experienced shepherd. 



Ex. 12. Ten lambs, fed upon cut, white turnips, were 

 weighed again November 13th (six weeks), and had gained 

 an average of 11 Ibs. each. 



Ex. 13. Ten lambs, fed on cut swedes, gained, during 

 the six weeks, 11 Ibs. each. 



Ex. 14. Ten lambs, fed on cut cabbage, gained, during 

 the time, 16K Ibs. each; showing that, at this season, 

 cabbage is superior to turnips ; but as cold weather came 

 on, he found the value of the white turnip and the cab- 

 bage grew less, and the swedes improved. This is owing, 

 no doubt, to the larger percentage of water in cabbage and 

 white turnips, which is unfavorable in cold weather. 



