Agricultural Chemistry — Sheep- Feeding and Manure. 3ii) 



SERIES IV. 



Table 9. — Showing the Total Amount of Food or Constituents consumed, 

 and of Increase produced, in each Pen, during the Experimental Period. 





Total 

 Increase 

 in Live 

 Weight 



in 10 

 Weeks. 



Description of Food 

 consumed. 



Total 

 Food 

 Con- 

 sumed 

 Fresh. 



Total 

 Dry 

 Organic 

 M atter 



Con- 

 sumed . 



Total 

 Mineral 

 Matter 

 Con- 

 sumed. 



Total 

 Nitrogen 



Con- 

 sumed. 



Nitrogen 



in 

 1 ncrease 



at 3 

 perCent. 



Nitrogen 

 in 



Increase 



(at 3 

 perCent.) 

 to 100 



Con- 

 sumed. 



Pen 1 

 4 



81 



Barley(Ground but not Steeped ) 

 Mangolds .... 



280-0 

 3867-0 



222-64 

 465-93 



6-51 

 38-28 



4-06 

 11-21 



2-43 



15-91 



Sheep 





Total . 



4147-0 



688-57 



44-79 



15-27 







Pen 2 



5 



Sheep 



105 



Malt (Ground but not Steeped) 

 Malt Dust .... 

 Mangolds .... 



271-25 

 12-03 

 4693-60 



251 67 

 10-23 

 565'53 



7-06 

 1-04 

 46*46 



4-39 

 0-49 

 13-61 



3-15 



17-03 







Total . 



4976-88 



827-38 



54-56 



18-49 







Pen 3 



4 



ion 



Barley (Ground and Steeped') .. 

 Mangolds .... 



280-0 

 5321*7 



222-64 

 641-21 



6*51 

 52-68 



4-06 

 15-43 



3-C4 



15*62 



Sheep 





Total . 



5601-7 



863-85 



59-19 



19-49 







Pen 4 

 4 



Sheep 



78 



Malt (Ground and Steeped) . 

 Malt Dust .... 

 Mangolds . 



217-0 

 9*6 

 4458-0 



201-34 

 8-16 

 537-14 



5 65 

 0-83 

 44-13 



3-51 

 0-39 

 12-92 







2-34 



13-91 







Total . 



4684-6 



746-64 



50-61 



16-82 







Pen 5 



5 



Sheep 



108 



Malt (Ground but not Steeped) 

 Malt Dust .... 

 Mangolds .... 



335*0 

 15-0 

 5403-9 



310-82 

 12-76 

 651-11 



8-72 

 1-30 

 53-49 



5-42 

 0-61 

 15-67 



3-24 



14-93 







Total . 



5753-9 



974-69 



63-51 



21-70 







Pen 6 

 4 



In 



6 Weeks 

 73 



Oil-Cake .... 

 Mangolds .... 



142-8 

 2635-9 



128-14 

 317-59 



8-73 

 26-09 



7-51 

 7-64 



2-19 



14-44 



Sheep 





Total . 



2778-7 



445-73 



34-82 



15-15 







6 Pens, 



26 

 Sheep 



546| 



Total special food . 

 Total mangold wurzel . 



1562! 

 26380* 



1368! 

 3178! 



46-35 

 261-13 



30-44 

 76-48 



16-39 







Total . 



279421 



4547 



307! 



106-92 







The comparative indications of this Table will be more con- 

 veniently studied when the results are arranged to an uniform 

 standard, as in those which shortly follow ; but, attention may 

 here be recalled to the enormous expenditure of food and its 

 constituents to obtain a comparatively small amount of market- 

 able produce, as shown in the aggregate result given at the foot 

 of the Table. It is seen that for the production of 546 J lbs. of 

 increased live-weight, there are. consumed 1,562 lbs. of barley, 

 malt, or oil cake, and 26,380 lbs., or nearly 12 tons, of mangold 

 wurzel — together containing 4,547 lbs. of dry organic substance, 

 307 h lbs. of mineral matter, and 107 lbs. of nitrogen. It may 

 be observed too that, on the supposition that the increase pro- 

 duced pretty constantly contained 3 per cent, of nitrogen, the 

 amount of this element stored up in the animal, in proportion to 



