294 Agricultural Chemistry — Sheep- Feeding and Manure. 



SERIES II. 



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 

 of each Pen, and the total gain of each animal throughout the period of the 

 experiments. 













Pen 1. 











Pen 2. 







Periods. 





Average Food per Sheep per Week. 

 Oil-cake, 7 lbs. ; Clover Chaff, 22 lbs. 2 oz. 



Average Food per Sheep per Week. 

 Linseed, 7 lbs. ; Clover Chaff, 20 lbs. 



From 



To 



No. 

 of 

 Days, 



Sheep Numbers. 



Weekly 

 average 

 gain or 



Sheep. 



Sheep Numbers. 



Weekly 

 average 



gain or 

 loss per 



Skeep. 







1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



1. 



2, 



3. 



4. 



5. 



June 5 

 13 

 20 

 27 



July 4 

 11 

 18 

 25 



Aug. 1 

 8 

 15 

 22 

 29 



Sept. 5 

 12 

 19 

 26 



Oct. 3 

 10 



June 13 



20 

 27 



July 4 

 11 



18 

 25 



Aug. 1 

 8 



15 

 22 

 29 



Sept. 5 



12 

 19 

 26 



Oct. 3 

 10 

 17 



8 

 7 

 7 



7 



7 



7 

 7 



7 



7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 

 7 



-11 



8 



Hi 



0 



- 4 



3 

 0 



- 2* 

 5* 

 5 

 0 

 3 

 0 



-I 



4 



3* 



- 2 



0 



1 



3 

 4 

 2 

 1 



14 



0 



- 4 



4 

 4 



i 



3 



- 3 



7 



- 2 



3 



- 9 

 7 

 6 

 2 

 1 

 5 

 2 

 4 



7 



2i 



- 4 



- 2 



- 1 

 8 



- 3 



54 



- u 

 1 



- 1 



5 



14 

 34 



2 

 3 



- 1 



- 3 

 6 

 4 

 1 



- 1 

 2 

 0 

 4 



- 14 



2* 



2 



1 



8 

 2 



H 

 3i 



- 6 



4 



8 



4 



4 



0 

 0 

 1 

 6 



- 1 



3 



- 1 



0 



— 2*1 

 5-0 

 5*5 

 2*2 

 0'2 



3- 1 

 -1*0 



0"3 



4- 3 



4- 1 

 1-9 

 0*7 



0- o 



-0-2 



5- 2 

 -1-6 



4-3 

 -0-9 



1- 0 



- 6 

 1 



3i 

 H 



- 1 



5 



- 3 



H 

 U 



- 2 

 0 

 5 

 3 

 0 

 1 



- 2 



3 

 0 

 0 



- 4 



10 

 5 

 0 



4 

 li 

 0 

 0 



44 



4 



- 4 



4 



4 



0 

 2 

 2 



- 4 

 24 



- 5 



l 



9 

 4 

 3 



- 4 



4 



3 

 5 

 4 

 2 

 0 

 2 

 7 

 1 

 0 

 2 



j 



— 2 



- 9 

 14 



5 



1 



- 1 



1 

 1 

 2 

 1 



2 

 0 

 1 



- 1 



4 



44 



- 2 



H 

 4 



- 2 

 4 



4 



- 1 



it 



24 



1 



3 



- 1 

 I 



- 2 



— 2 "5 

 7-2 

 4-4 

 0 3 



-0-4 

 2 7 

 0*4 



3- 3 

 3'0 



0- 1 

 07 

 2'0 



4- 1 

 0'6 



1- 6 

 02 



1- 1 



2- 1 

 -2-0 



Total 



27 



33 



32 



30 



30£ 





16 



23 



44 



28 







Periods. 



Pen 3. 



Average Food per Sheep per Week. 

 Barley, 7 lbs. ; Clover Chaff, 20 lbs. 14 oz 



















Weekly 













Weekly 





To 



No. 





Sheep Numbers. 





average 





Sheep Numbers. 





average 



From 



of 













gain or 













gain Of 







Days. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



loss per 

 Sheep. 



1. 



2. 



3. 



4. 



5. 



loss per 

 Sheep. 



June 5 



June 13 



8 



— 8 



- 1 



8 



4 



- 4 



-0*2 



- 1 



— 4 



- 1 







-0*5 



13 



20 



7 



14 



4 



6 



3 



9 



7-2 



8 



13 



8 







6-4 



20 



27 



7 



2i 



1 



i 



5 



3 



2-1 



0 



0 



2 





4 



20 



27 



July 4 



7 



14 



2 



1 



0 



- 3 



0-3 



4 



0 



0 





2 



1 -o 



July 4 



11 



7 



1 



2 



3 



1 



2 



1-8 



4 



1 



1 





2 



2-6 



11 



18 



7 



6 



- 1 



2 



3i 



4 



2*9 



- 1 



2 



2 





0 



0-4 



18 



25 



7 



- 1 



1 



- 1 



24 



1 



0-5 



— 2 



1 



4 





2 



0'1 



25 



Aug. 1 





- 2 



- 1 



- 1 



1 



1 



-0*4 



4 



1 



id 



4 



14 



1*7 



Aug. 1 

 8 



8 





2 



3 



2 



4 



4 



3'0 



4 



4 



4 



14 



1 



2-1 



15 



7 



4 



- 2 



2 



0 



j. 



0'7 



4 



- 2 



0 



0 



34 



1-1 



15 



22 



7 



0 



3 



34 



4 



34 



2-8 



24 



3 



2 



34 



5 



3-2 



22 



29 



7 



- 1 



1 



- 4 



- 4 



- 1 



-l'l 



- 2 



- 1 



- 2 



4 



- 3 



-1-5 





Sept. 5 





5 



3 



4 



3 



6 



4'2 



5 



5 



5 



5 



4 



4'8 



Sept. 5 



12 



7 



1 



- 3 



- 3 



- 2 



- 4 



-2*2 



- 2 



- 4 



- 4 



- 4 





0'6 



12 



19 



7 



- 1 



3 



5 





5 



3-8 



3 



2 



4 



14 

 2 





2-5 



19 



26 



7 



5 



0 



- 2 



- 1 



- i 



0*3 



- 14 



14 



- 14 



-] 



-o-i 



26 



Oct. 3 



7 



2 



3 



-\ 



6 





3 7 



4 



- 3 



14 



2 





1-2 



Oct. 3 



10 



7 



0 



- 1 





0 



-J 



-0-2 



- 1 







0 



- 2 



-0-4 



10 



17 





- 3 



0 



0 



- 1 





-0'8 



- 2 



-I 



-S 



0 



- 1 



-1-4 



Total 



28 



17 



29 



36 



89 





23 



22 



21 



24 



31 





Pen 4. 



Average Food per Sheep per Week. 

 Malt, 6 lbs. 9 oz. ; Clover Chaff, 20 lbs. 12 oz. 



When the sheep were put up it was intended to allow them a 

 week in their new situation and upon their new food before com- 

 mencing the experiments, they having been fed upon green clover 



