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and liquid and live weight taken for some eight days. It 

 was said also these lambs gained weight faster than lambs 

 of the same age on good pasturage. We are indebted for 

 these tables to Prof. Armsby's recent " Manual on Cattle- 

 Feeding": 



PER HEAD. 



This experiment shows very clearly the effect of age and 

 weight upon the growth of the lamb each period a steady 

 decrease in gain per day, although the food is slightly 

 increased, and especially in proportion- to the gain. Had 

 there been a larger number of lambs say ten so as to 

 have eliminated the peculiarities of the individual, this 

 series of experiments would have possessed great value; 

 and this is the fault of most of the feeding experiments at 

 the German stations that they have been performed upon 

 individuals and upon too small a number of animals. But 

 if this table is calculated per 100 Ibs. live weight, instead 

 of per head, the result more clearly appears. 



