300 Agricultural Chemistry— Sheep- Feeding and Manure. 



The barley used in the experiments as such, and that which 

 was malted, were both of the same stock and quality ; the weight 

 of the malt produced was, exclusive of screened and kiln-dust, only 

 about four-fifths of that of the barley operated upon, so that as the 

 M eekly allowance of barley was 7 lbs. per sheep, that of malt 

 would have been little more than lbs., instead of 6 lbs. 9 oz., 

 as were actually consumed, if so much only were to be given as 

 was the produce of the amount of barley with which it was to 

 compare. Nearly one-half of the loss of weight sustained in the 

 conversion of the barley into malt was, however, only water, 

 and a portion of the remainder consisted of the (e dust," w hich, if 

 malting were adopted to any extent for feeding purposes, would 

 certainly not be separated from the malt; and this, as we shall 

 afterwards see in discussing other experiments with barley and 

 malt, is a point of some importance. Wei gl it for weight, how- 

 ever, the malt is seen to be about 6 per cent, richer than the 

 barley in dry-organic-matter, and to be equal to it in mineral 

 matter and in nitrogen; and it will be found that the quantities 

 consumed of the two foods were in fact almost identical, so far as 

 above-named constituents are concerned. 



The following Table brings to view the total amount of food 

 consumed in the pens during the entire period of the experi- 

 ment — the total increase produced, and the amount of some of 

 the more important constituents contained in the food, these being 

 calculated from the Table of Analyses last given. 



SEEIES II. 



Table 6. — Showing the Total Amount of Food or Constituents consumed, and 

 of Increase produced, in each Pen, during the entire period of 19 Weeks. 





Total 

 Increase 

 in Live 

 Weight. 



Descriptions and 

 Quantities of the different 

 Foods consumed. 



Total 

 Dry 

 Organic 

 Matter 



con- 

 sumed. 



Total 

 Mineral 



Matter 



con- 

 sumed. 



Total 

 Nitrogen 



con- 

 sumed. 



Nitrogen 



in In- 

 crease of 

 Animals, 

 at 



3 percent. 



Nitrogen 



in In- 

 crease, at 

 3 per cent. 



to 100 

 consumed. 



Pen 1 . 



5 Sheep. 



lbs. 

 152* 



Oil-cake, 665 lbs. . . . 

 Clover Chaff, 2,1 024 lbs. . 



Total . . 



lbs. 



544* 

 1 , 627 



lbs. 

 36* 

 152* 



lbs. 

 33'31 

 44-36 



lbs. 



j,.. 



lbs. 



5-02 



2,171^ 



. 189i 



77-67 



Pen 2. 

 5 Sheep. 



143 



Linseed, 665 lbs. . 

 Clover .Chaff, 1,903* lbs. . 



Total . . 



577 

 1,473 



27f 

 138i 



25-50 

 40-16 



I" 



6-55 



2,050 



166 



65*66 



Pen 3. 

 5 Sheep. 



139 



Barley, 665 lbs. . , . 

 Clover Chaff, 1,9864 lbs. . 



Total . . 



5531 

 1,537 



15* 



r44i 



9-90 

 41-90 



| 4-2 



8-11 



2,0901 1595 



51*80 



Pen 4. 

 5 Sheep. 



121 



Malt, 625 lbs 



Clover Chaff, 1,9734 lbs.. 



Total . . 



558* 

 1,527 



14 * 

 143i 



9-43 

 41-63 



1 , r 

 j 36 



7-05 



2,0f<5* 



157* 1 51' 06 

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