MANUAL OF CATTLE-JB^KiSBING. 



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The following table sliows the average results for oxen, 

 sheep, and hogs : 



A'oerage Composition of the I/icrease of Lwe WdgJit in Fattming, 



98 Oxen. . 



348 Sheep. 



80 Hogs. . 



Average 



Ash.. 

 Per cent. 



1.47 

 2.34* 

 0.06 1 

 1.10 "^ 



Protein 

 Per cent 



7.69 

 7.13 

 6.44 

 7.36^ 



Fat 



Total dry 

 mutter. 



Water, 



Per cent Per cent. Per cent. 



66.2 

 70.4 



715 

 ^7.8 



75.4 



79.9 



78.0 



"76.2 



24.6 



m.i 



22.0 

 23^8 



It is evident from the method followed that the results 

 are not absolutely accurate, but they suffice to show that 

 in fattening, a gain of water takes place, though it is rela- 

 tively small. 



The same conclusion is indicated by recent experiments 

 by Ilenneberg, Kern, and Wattenberg,:!^ on the fattening 

 of sheep. 



They slaughtered animals in two stages of fattening, 

 and also, at the beginning of the experiment, others which 

 had not been fattened. The following numbei-s, taken 

 from their results, show the total gain of weight by the 

 "fat" and the "very fat" animals, and also the excess of 

 fat and flesh contained in their bodies over that found in 

 the unf atted ones : 



* Probably too high, owing to dirt in the wool. 



f Probably too low. 



t Biedermaun's Central-Blatt., Jahrg. 8, p. 262. 



