240 BXPBBIMENTS IN FEEDING SHEEP; 



oil cake and peas each per day, and consumed 20-|- pounds of 

 turnips per day, and gained 33|- pounds each. 



" No. 4. — On the same day, eight lambs were placed 

 ■with the ISTos. 2 and 3 lots in the grass paddock, under the 

 same regulations as No. 3, but supplied with one pound of 

 mixed corn* per day. They consumed 20 pounds of turnips 

 per day, during the following ten weeks, being again 

 weighed on the 28th of February, 1843, and gained, on an 

 average, 26^ pounds each. 



"No. 5. — Eight' lambs were also placed in a warm 

 paddock, with a shed to run under during the day, but were 

 shut up at least 18 hours, and fed upon IJ lbs. of mixed com 

 per day, and consumed 18^ lbs. of turnips per day. They 

 were again weighed at the same time as No. 4, and found to 

 have gained 33J pounds each during the ten weeks. 



"No 6. — On the 5th of January, 1843, sixteen shearlings 

 were equally divided, and eight placed upon a grass paddock, 

 and allowed one pound of mixed corn each per day. They 

 consumed 24 pounds of Swedish turnips each lot per day. 

 They were again weighed on the 2d of March, being eight 

 weeks, and were found to have gained 21-J pounds each. 



" No. '7. — On the same day the other eight shearlings 

 were placed alongside the No. 6 in the grass paddock, and 

 allowed one pound of mixed corn each, and consumed 20^ 

 pounds of turnips per day. They were allowed an open shed 

 to run under during the day, and regularly shut in at nights — 

 and again weighed at the same time as No. 6, and were 

 found to have gained 24 pounds each during the eight weeks. 



"No. 8. — On the third of April, the eight, lambs (No. 3,) 

 having been weighed, were placed upon young clover, and 

 suijplied with half a pound of mixed corn, as before. They 

 consumed 12 lbs. of turnips per day during the following 

 month. Being again weighed on the 1st of May, they were 

 found to have gained llf lbs. each. They had a shed to run 

 under during the day^ and were shut up at night. 



"No. 9.— On the 29th of May, the eight lambs (No. 8,) 

 were again weighed, having been allowed, as before, half a 

 pound of mixed corn upon the clover, but no turnips, with a 

 shed to run under at wUl. They were found to have gained 

 16 lbs. each duiing the month. 



* Wherever the word "corn" occurs in thiB record of experiments, itis to he 

 understood in its general sense oi grain; and the mixed grain, referred to by Mr. 

 Smith, did not even include Indian com — that not being one of the grain crops of 

 England. 



