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Table VIII. 



Showing the Average Weekly Increase per 100 Lbs. live WeigJd for each period of the 



Experinieut. 



(Quantities given in Pounds and Ounces.) 





Periods. 



Length 



of 

 Time. 



Hampshire. 



Sussex. 







Between Nov. 7 and Dec. 5 

 5 , Dec. 5 „ Jan. 2 

 Jan. 2 „ Jan. 30 

 Jan. 30 „ Feb. 27 

 Feb. 27 „ Mar. 27 

 Mar. 27 „ Apr. 24 

 , , Apr. 24 „ May 8 



Weeks. 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 2 



lbs. oz. 



2 4 



1 



1 Hi 

 1 14 

 1 13 



1 7f 



2 Of 



lbs. oz. 



2 Hi 

 1 10*- 

 1 31 

 1 13 



1 0 



2 2.!- 

 1 23 







Average for the entire period 

 of the Experiment . . . ji 





1 14 



1 10| 





Note. — It may aid the reader in gaining a clearer idea of the plan and object of 

 Tables IV"., VI., and VIII., and assist in his understanding of their results, if the fol- 

 lowing illustration of the mode in which they are obtained be added. 



In Table IV., and during the first period of 4 weeks, between November 7th and De- 

 cember 5th, it will be seen that the Hampshire sheep are said to consume 2611bs. I oz. 

 of oil-cake, 261 lbs. I oz, of clov<=r-hay, and 3263 lbs. of swedes, to produce IGO lbs. 

 increase in live weight. Now, in Table III. it will be found that during the same period 

 there were consumed 1120 lbs. of oil-cake, and that the increase obtained amounted to 

 429 lbs. Then we say — 



Increase. Oilcake. lbs. 

 As 429 : 1120 :: 100 : 261 

 lUO 



429 ) 112000 ( 261 lbs. of oil-cake consumed to produce 

 858 100 lbs. of increase in live weight. 



2620 

 2574 



460 

 429 



31 



The 261 lbs. 1 oz. of clover -hay is obtained in the same way, thus : — 



Increase. Clover. lbs. 

 As 429 : 1120 :: IGO : 261 of clover consumed to produce 100 lbs. of 

 increase in live weight. 



And so with the swedes : — 



Increase. Swedes. lbs. 



As 429 : 14,000 :: 100 : 3263 of swedes consumed to produce 100 lbs. of 

 increase in live weight. 



In the same way like results are obtained for all the other periods. 



In Table VI. we find that the Hampshire sheep during the first period, between No- 

 vember 7th and December 5thj are said to consume weeklj^ 5 lbs. 14J oz. of oil-cake, 

 5 lbs. 14j oz. of clover-hay, and 73 lbs. lOJ oz. of swedes, for every 100 lbs. oi" their 

 weight during the same period. To determine the weiu;ht of the forty Hampshire 

 sheep during this first period, their weight at the lieginning of it — which is 453S lbs. 

 — is added to their weight at the end of it, viz. 49j71bs., and gives 9505 lbs., and 

 then this sum divided by 2 gives 475- '5, which is considered to be the mean weight of 

 the 40 Hampshire during the first period. It is this mean weight of 4752' 5 U.S. that 

 is supposed to consume the 1 120 lbs. of oil-cake, 1 120 lbs. of clover-hay, and 14,000 



