Investigatuma toith Sheep. 



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754. Weight of carcass. — Lawes and Gilbert' found in trials 

 vrith slieep of tlie various breeds the following weights of dressed 

 carcass with well-fattened animals: 



Marketable produce for each 100 pounds unfasted weight of sheep, ♦»- 

 eluding wool — Botlmmsted Station. 



Breed. 



Sussex 



Hampshires 



("!ross-bred wethers 



Cross-bred ewes 



Leicesters. 



Cotswolds 



Relative to live and dead weights, the conclusions of these in- 

 vestigators are: 



"Hoggets or tegs (ewes or wethers under frsv^elve months old) 

 in a lean or store condition will contain about one-half of their 

 weight carcass, and about one-half offal. 



"Shorn sheep, sufficiently fat for the market, will contain 

 about 50 pounds of carcass in every 100 pounds of the unfasted 

 live weight. 



' ' Sheep in an ordinary state of fatness yield from 7 pounds to 14 

 pounds of offal or loose fat per head, according to breed and size; 

 the long- wools giving the least, and the Downs the most." 



755. Fat-Stock Show test. — At the American Fat-Stock Show 

 in 1884, ' animals competing for prizes were slaughtered, with the 

 results shown in the following table: 



Slaughter tests with sheep at the American Fat-StocTc Show, Chicago. 



' Jour. 14oy. Agr. boo., 18o5, p. H-i; liothamsted ittemoirs, 1852, Vol. U 

 ' Breeder's Gazette, 1884, p. 824. 



