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on July 5th, when it was found that they had increased in weight as 

 follows, each lamb on the ayerage: 



Lambs not weaned gained each, in thirty -three days, 17 lbs. 



Lambs, weaned, gained in the same time 16i " 



'^Experiment No. 9. — June 4, 1845, twelve lambs were weaned and 

 put upon red clover, tares, and a few beans, twelve other -lambs lying 

 with their dams on white clover, but run through hurdles upon good 

 red clover. Both lots were weighed when put 1;o trial, and again at 

 the end of a month. 



Gain in weight of lambs not weaned, 21 lbs. 



Gain in weight of lambs that were weaned during the same 



time. 20f " 



"These experiments are nearly equal; but I must remark, that 

 many of those lambs that were weaned early wintered the best." 



" Experiment No. 10. — In the month of October, I selected two 

 lots of lambs, and weighed them alive.- To one lot was given, in 

 troughs, cut Swedes; and to the other was given, in troughs, the 

 common white turnip, also sliced. At the expiration of a month they 

 were weighed again, and gained each, on the average, as follows : 



' The lambs fed on common white turnips cut gained each, 10 lbs. 



Those fed on cut Swedes, gained in the same time each, 4J " 



In favor of the white turnip, 54 



To show that the white turnip loses much of its value as the winter 

 approaches, agreeably to what I have stated, I wUl just show the 

 result of another experiment. 



" Experiment No. 11. — On the 8th of November two lots of lambs 

 were weighed alive. One lot was fed on cut Swedes only, and the 

 other lot had only cut white turnips. They were weighed again 

 December 6, and gained each as follows, on the average: 



Lambs fed on white turnips gained each, in a month, 6-} lbs. 



The lambs fed on Swedes gamed, in same time, 5 " 



"The same lambs were continued to be fed as before for three 

 weeks longer, when I found, upon weighing them again, that the white 

 turnips quite gave place to the Swedes. 



" Experimevi No. 12, (dry food, with Swedes, against Swedes only. — 

 In 1833 I weighed two lots of lambs on the 19th of November. To 

 one was given cut Swedes, with clover-hay chaff and maltcoom mixed ; 

 the other lot had only cut Swedes. They were all weighed again on 

 the 16th of January, and gained in weight as follows : 



Lot of lambs fed on cut Swedes, with clover-chaff and maltcoom, lbs. 



gained each, in two months, 14J 



Lot of lambs fed on Swedes only, gained each, in the same time, 8 



In favor of dry food, 6i 



