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kind in this place ; the weights of all the internal organs of the 

 animals killed at home were however taken, but the results will 

 be reserved for publication with many others of the same kind, 

 when we take up the general question of the composition of the 

 animals fed upon the farm, which we hope to do before long, in 

 continuation of the subject already commenced in an article 

 entitled Sheep Feeding and Manure," in a former Number of 

 this Journal. 



We have found, then, in reference to the particulars of dead 

 weights which have been given — 



That the proportion of carcass to live iveiglit differs very much 

 among animals of equal rates of increase ; that in both breeds, 

 however, the lot of least increase gave the least average propor- 

 tion of carcass ; that there is a greater difference in regard to this 

 point among the animals of the same breed than between breed 

 and breed. Indeed, the results of carcass weight have brought 

 out no distinctive points as between the two breeds, but rather 

 show that its proportion depends more upon the quality and 

 condition of the particular animal than upon the breed to which 

 it belongs. 



And with regard to loose or inside fat we also find great 

 difference in its proportion, both among animals of equal increase 

 and of the same t3reed ; though, taking the average of the 16 in each 

 case, but little difference between the two breeds. The Sussex 

 sheep, however, gave slightly the higher proportion of loose fat. 



Having traced the experiment thus far, we now come to the 

 question of its money result. 



The last weighing of the sheep was on May Sth, and, as we 

 have already stated, it was decided to sell 16 dead at Newgate 

 Market, 16 alive at Smithfield, and to feed the remaining 8 of 

 each lot of 40 until Christmas. 



The 16 of each lot for Smithfield were sent up to the following 

 Monday's market. May 12th; and to the Newgate Market of 

 the same day the 4 of largest and the 4 smallest increase of each 

 breed were also sent, they having been killed in readiness on the 

 Saturday. On I'uesday, 13th, the 8 of medium increase of each 

 breed were killed in like manner, and sent up on the Wednesday 

 night, for the Thursday morning's Newgate market. 



In Tables XII T. and XIV., which follow, are given the pro- 

 ceeds of these sales, and the 8 to be fed on till Christmas are 

 for the purposes of our calculation valued at the same amount 

 per head as the 16 of each breed sold alive, to which their weights 

 approximated very closely. The return for the wool and offal is 

 also given. And in the right-hand division of the Tables is 

 stated what would have been the produce of the 40, calculated 

 at the rate of each of the separate sales. 



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