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habit of weighing his sheep and lambs every month, alive, 

 so that his statements are based upon actual figures, like 

 those just given. 



. He gives, preliminarily, the average gain he has had in 

 lambs during the year commencing soon after birth. In 

 small lots he has found the gain as follows : 



Young lambs in month of 



April 9 Ibs. 



May 16 " 



June 18 " 



July 15 " 



August 12 " 



September 12 



October 12 



November 8 



December 6 



January 5 



February 7 



March 10 " 



In 12 months, gain in live weight 130 " 



Mr. P. fed, altogether, Leicesters, and he says the above 

 weights were often very much exceeded. 



American feeders may not have a very clear idea of the 

 weight of swede turnips that lambs and other sheep will 

 eat per day. Mr. P. says an ewe lamb-hog (one unshorn) 

 will eat of cut swedes, in the month of February : 



Per day 18 Ibs. 



A wether lamb-hog 20 " 



A ram lamb-hog 22 " 



A shearling wether 22 " 



A feeding or breeding ewe 24 " 



A sucking ewe 28 " 



A ram above two years old 30 " 



if no other food but cut swedes is given them ; but warm 

 weather will reduce the amount about one-fourth. If grain 

 or oil-cake, or any other dry food is given, they will con- 

 sume less turnips in proportion to the amount given. 



Experiment 1. In March, 1845, he selected 12 ewes and 

 lambs from the flock, and divided into lots of equal quality 

 and weight. Six were fed entirely on clover-hay chaff, of 

 which each ate 24^ Ibs. per week, at a cost of 21 ctg.j and 



