444 Comparative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



TABLE XVIII. 



General Summaey. 







Actual Results of 

 Experiments. 



Per Centage Rela- 

 tion of Sussex to 

 Hampshire. 





PARTICULARS. 



Hampshire 



Sussex. 



Relation 

 of 

 Sussex 

 resultsio 

 Hamp- 

 shire 

 as 100, 



Difference. 



Average weight per head when put up Nov. 7 . . . 

 Average weight per head when fat (including wool) . 

 Total increase in weight of 40 sheep in 26 weeks. . 



Increase upon 100 lbs, live weight weekly [. . . 



lbs. ozs. 



113 7 

 183 1 

 2,784 12 

 2 12 

 1 14 



lbs. ozs. 



88 0 

 141 0 

 2,109 0 



2 n 



1 10?i 



77-57 

 77-02 



75- 73 



76- 70 

 89-17 



-22-42 

 -22-98 

 -24-27 

 -23-29 

 -10-83 



Total food consumed by 40 sheep in JSil^-Va^r ' * 



8.120 

 7,280 

 110,467 



6,272 

 6,020 

 80,897 



77*24 

 82-69 

 73-23 



— 22-76 

 -17-31 



— 26-77 



[Oilcake . . . 



Food consumed per head weekly < Clover Hay . . 



[Swedes . . . 



8 0 

 7 0 

 106 10 



6 3 

 5 14 

 79 1 



77-34 

 83-93 

 74-15 



— 22-66 

 -16-07 

 -25-85 



Food' consumed per 100 lbs, live f^,'^^^'^^„- * * 

 weightofanimal weekly . . •Igwed'es ^^* * 



5 6 

 4 ISf 

 71 7 



5 6 



5 2 

 68 14 



100-00 

 106-84 

 96 -41 



None, 

 + 6-84 

 — 3-59 



Food consumed to produce 100 lbs. fSj^^^^^/ * * 

 increase in live weight . . .( Swedes * 



294 0 

 259 12 

 3,941 0 



314 4 

 304 3 

 4,086 0 



106-89 



li7-ll 



103-68 



+ 6-89 

 + 17-11 

 + 3-68 



Total wool of 40 sheep, shorn March 27th .... 

 Wool per head ditto ditto .... 

 Wool, per 100 lbs, live weight of animal when shorn . 



250 12 

 6 4 

 3,775 



225 0 

 5 10 

 4,567 



89- 73 



90- 00 

 120-98 



-10-27 

 -10-00 

 + 20-98 



Average 

 weights 



rOfthe4 largest 1 w • i <. ^ i ^ -u 

 and 4 of small- [Z^-^lf ^u^"" ^1 

 est increase. J ^ eights allowed by butcher 



St. lbs. 

 12 6i 

 12 4 



St, lbs. 

 9 4 

 9 2 



74-15 

 74-00 



-25-85 

 -26-00 



of cold 

 carcass ^ 

 n stones 



Of the 8 me- f Weights taken at home 

 dium increase (. Weights allowed by butcher 



12 4J 

 12 2 



9 5f 

 9 4i 



77-17 

 77-81 



-22-83 

 — 22-19 



of 8 lbs. 



Of the 16 f Weights taken at home . 

 ^killed . „ Weights allowed by butcher 



12 5^ 

 12 3 



9 



9 3 



75-24 

 75-76 



-24-75 

 -24-24 



r Of the 4 largest. 



Proportion of carcass (cold) in 100 Of the 4 smallest 

 of the live weight, oi May 8th, not I Of the 8 medium 

 faaffid 1 



56-87 

 56-42 

 56-82 



57-16 

 56'15 

 57-41 



100- 51 

 99-52 



101- 04 



+ 0'51 

 - 0-48 

 + 1-04" 





I Of the 16 killed. 



56-73 



57-03 



100-50 



+ 0-53 



r Of the 4 largest 



Proportion of carcass (cold) in 9!, t ^''"^"^'^ 

 100 lbs. of the fasted weight . . { « me^inra 



61-24 

 60-00 

 60-64 



61-81 

 69-28 



60-57 



100-93 



98- 80 



99- 88 



+ 0-93 



- 1-20 



- 0-12 





\ Of the 1 6 killed 



60-63 



60-5C 



99-88 



- 0-12 



