424 Comparative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



In Table III. we have the total food consumed and the total 

 increase by each lot of 40 sheep between each period of weighing-, 

 and, as might be expected from the very different weights of the 

 animals of the two breeds respectively, the amounts, both of food 

 and increase within a given time, are always much greater in the 

 case of the Hampshire than in that of the Sussex sheep. But 

 from the results as arranged in this Table it cannot be ascertained 

 in which of the two breeds a given amount of food has produced 



lbs. of swedes, before referred to, as given in Table III. ; and to bring these quantities 

 to a weekly period, instead of a monthly one, we have only to divide each ol" them by 

 4. Then v/e say : — 



Mean vveif^ht. Oilcake. lbs. oz. 



As 4752-5 : 280 : : 100 : 5 14J 

 100 



i75'2"5 ) 28000-0 ( 5 lbs. 14|-gz. oil-cake consumed weekly pes' 



!37625 



42375 

 16 



47525 



100 lbs. live weight of animal. 



12650 



In the same way we say — 



Mean weight. Clover. 

 As 4752-5 : 280 :: 



100 



And so on with the swedes- 

 Mean weight. Swedes. 

 As 4752-5 : 3500 : : 



lbs. oz. 



5 14|- of clover consumed per 100 lbs. live 

 weight of animal. 



lbs. oz. 



100 : 73 10;^- of swedes consumed per 100 lbs. live 

 weight of animal. 



And so on for the other periods. 



In Table VIII. the Hampshire sheep are said to give a weekly increase in weight of 

 2 lbs. 4 oz. upon each 100 lbs. of their weight, during the first period, elapsing between 

 November 7th and December 5th. To get this result the same mean weight is used 

 as before, and the increase during this period, viz. 429 lbs., is divided by 4 to bring 

 out the result per week, instead of per month. Then we say : — 

 Mean weight. Increase. lbs. oz. 



As 4752-5 : 107-25 : : 100 : 4 = the weekly increase per 

 100 100 lbs. live weight of animal. 



4752-5 ) 10725-00 ( 2 

 95050 



12200 

 16 



4752-5 ) 195200 ( 4 

 190100 



And the results for the other periods are obtained in the same way. We have given 

 our methods of preparing these Tables in detail, as we think it would be advantageous 

 for others, who are engaged in feeding experiments, to employ them. 



