Tnvedigations with Sheep. 



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746. Lawes and Giibert's breed test. — These investigatxirs tested 

 the comparatiye fattening qualities of the different English breeds 

 of shieep. * Their data of the feed requirements for gain by the 

 various breeds during fattening are as follows: 



Feed required for 100 pounds gain, live weight, with sheep of varioui 

 breeds — Bothamsted Station. 



747. Ontario CoSlege breed test. — At the Ontario Agricultural 

 College, ' Brown fed grade lambs of different breeds to test their 

 relative fattening qualities, the trial beginning ia November and 

 closing in March, with the following results: 



Triai with grade wether lambs of several breeds — Ontario Agricultural 



College. 



The results of these trials present interesting studies, but should 

 not be regarded as determining the relative merits of the several 

 breeds. 



' Jour. Roy. Agrl. Soc, 1851, 1852, 1855; Rothamsted Memoirs, VoL II. 

 » Rept. 1885. 



