282 Agricultural Chemistry— Sheep- Feeding and Manure. 



SERIES I. 



Table 2.— Showing the Average Weekly Consumption of Food per Sheep in 

 each Pen, the pounds Weekly Gain or Loss of each animal, the weekly 

 average for each Pen, and the total and mean weekly gain of each animal 

 throughout the period of the experiment. 













Pen 1. 











Pen 2. 







Periods. 





Average Food per Week per Sheep. 

 Oilcake, 6* lbs. ; Swedes, 894 lbs. 



Average Food per Week per Sheep. 

 Oats, 81 lbs. ; Swedes, 82£ lbs. 



From 



To 



No. 

 of 



Sheep Numbers. 



Weekly 

 average 

 gain or 



Sheep Numbers. 



Weekly 

 average 



gain or 

 loss per 



Sheep. 







Days. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



loss per 

 Sheep. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



Jan. 5 

 18 

 25 



Feb. 1 

 8 

 15 



29 



Mar. 7 

 14 



21 



28 



Apr. 4 



Jan. 18 



25 



Feb. 1 

 8 

 15 

 22 

 29 



Mar. 7 

 14 

 21 



Apr. 4 



11 



13 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



Ill 



3 

 2 

 3 

 2 

 3 

 0 

 5 



- i 



2* 



- 1 



2 

 4 



i 



H 

 H 



2i 

 1 

 4 

 4 



- 2 



8 



- 2 

 1 

 2 



7 

 4 

 1 



21 

 1 



41 

 0 



5 



1 

 H 



0 

 4 

 1 



3 



21 

 H 

 2 



1 



- i 



2 



1 

 31 



- 3 



- 1 

 1 



5 

 2 

 0 



H 

 * 



2 



- 4 

 -13 

 0 

 12 

 1 

 3 

 4 



3*7 

 2-4 



rs 



2-5 

 1-3 

 2'3 



-0-2 

 0*6 



-0-3 

 5-5 



-l'O 



1- 8 



2- 4 



131 

 * 



2 



1 

 i 



31 



2 



5 



U 

 41 

 0 



0 

 0 



12 



- 1 



21 

 3 



21 



21 



2 



4 



2 



5 



- 2 

 1 



21 



11 

 H 



0 



11 



4 

 4 



- 2 



3 

 6 

 1 



- 2 

 0 

 4 



1 



5 



- 1 



i 



3 



21 



- 2 

 3 

 4 

 0 



- 3 



- 6 

 4 



6 



-H 



21 



2 



2 



5 



0 



6 



2 



5 



1 



- 1 



4-7 

 0*9 

 1*2 

 1*5 

 2-4 

 3*5 



o-o 



4*2 

 3*5 

 3M 

 -1-8 

 -0*8 

 1*9 



Totals. 



97 



36 5 



34 5 



32 0 



13 0 



14 0 





35 5 



36 



32 



11 



27 





Means. 





lbs. oz. 



2 9* 



lbs. oz. 

 2 71 



lbs. oz. 

 2 41 



lbs. oz. 

 0 14f 



lbs. oz. 

 1 0 



lba. oz. 

 1 14 



lbs. oz. 

 2 81 



lbs oz. 

 2 9 



lbs. oz. 

 2 41 



lbs. oz. 

 0 121 



lbs. oz. 

 1 144 



lbs. oz. 

 2 01 



Periods. 



Pen 3. 



Average Food per Week per Sheep. 

 Clover Chaff, 8£ lbs. ; Swedes, 116 lb 



From 





No. 





Sheep Numbers. 





Weekly 

 average 





Sheep Numbers. 





Weekly 

 average 



To 



of 













gain or 













gain or 







Days. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4, 



5. 



loss per 

 Sheep. 



1. 



2. 



3. 





5.* 



loss per 

 Sheep. 



Jan. 5 



Jan. 18 



13 



2 



8 



9 



81 



Ill 



4*2 



6 



54 



4 



44 



- 7 



2*7 



18 



25 



7 



3 



3-1 



41 



- 1 



31 



2-7 



- 11 



- 24 



1 



11 



- 4 



0*43 



25 



Feb. 1 



7 



4 



24 



3 



31 



5 



3-5 



2 



1 



21 



1 



* 



1*5 



Feb. 1 



8 



7 



i 



34 



1 



2 



5 



2-3 



H 



31 



1 



6 





3-4 



8 



15 



7 



- 4 



- 1 



- 24 



0 



- 4 



-2-2 



i 





1 



- 31 





0'2 



15 



22 



7 



51 



3 



H 



5 



8 



5*2 



6 



-i 



2 



5 





4*1 



22 



29 



7 



11 



21 



- l 



- 2 



0 



0 2 



- 7 







- 1 





-2-6 



29 



Mar. 7 



7 



51 

 1 



31 



4 



4 



4 



4-4 



8 



7 



2 



2 





4*7 



Mar. 7 



14 



7 



- 1 



H 



4 



11 



1*4 



- 2 



1 



- 1 



- 1 





0-7 



14 



21 



7 



4 



4 



21 



2 



41 



3-4 



4 



6 



3 



5 





4*5 



21 



28 



7 



0 



0 



0 



- 1 



0 



-0*2 



0 



- 3 



- 1 







-1-5 



28 



Apr. 4 





4 



0 



1 



4 



2 



2-2 



- 1 



0 



0 



2 





0*2 



Apr. 4 



11 





- 2 



2 



0 



2 



1 



0*6 



2 



4 



- 2 



— 1 





0*7 



Totals. 



97 



25 



30 



271 



31 



42 





21 



231 



12 



184 













lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Means. 





1 121 



2 2i 



1 151 



2 31 



3 0 



2 3f 



1 8 



1 104 



0 134 



1 51 





1 5| 



Pen 4. 



Average Food per Weeh per Sheep. 

 Oat-straw Chaff, 1 lb. ; Swedes, 120£ 11 



* Sheep No. 5, Pen 4, lost weight considerably from the commencement, and being evidently very unwell, 

 was removed from the pen after the third week, and fed upon better food ; its increase is therefore omitted 

 fiom the table. 



