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SUMMARY. 



Table 1. — Showing the Weekly Consumption of Dry Organic Matter 

 and of Nitrogen for each 100 lbs. Live Weight of Animal, as indi- 

 cated by the results of the several series of Experiments with Sheep. 



Dry Organic Matter. 





^ERIIS 1 



: — 



Special Food : 

 Oilcake, Oats, 

 Clover-chafl'; 

 Standard Food : 

 Swedes. 



Sfrifs 2 

 — 



Special Food : 

 Oilcake, 

 Linseed, Barley, 



Malt ; 

 Standard Food ; 

 Clover-chaff. 



Series 3. 



Norfolk Whites, 



grown by 

 Mineral Manure ; 



Ditto and 

 Ammoniacal Salts ; 

 Ditto 

 and Rape-cake ; 

 Ditto and 

 Rape-cake and 

 Ammoniacal Salts. 



Series 4 , 



Spccitil Food • 

 Barlev (dry), 

 Malt (dry), 

 Barley (steeped), 

 Malt (steeped), 

 Extra Malt (dry), 

 Oilcake ; 

 Standard Food : 

 Mangolds. 



Pen 1 



12-31 



16-71 



14-33 



12-92 



Pen 2 



12-94 



15-87 



13-00 



11-72 



Pen 3 



14-76 



16-37 



12-50 



14-69 



Pen 4 



11-24 



16-54 



11-25 



12-47 



Pen 5 









13-52 



Pen G 









13-08 



Mean 



12-81 



18-37 



12-75 



12-96 



Nitrogen. 





Series 1. 



Special Food : 

 Oilcake, Oats, 

 Clover-chaff ; 

 Standard Food : 

 Swedes. 



Series 2. 



Special Food : 

 Oilcake, 

 Linseed, Barley, 



Malt ; 

 Standard Food : 

 Clover-chaff. 



Series 3. 



Norfolk Whites, 



grown by 

 Mineral Manure ; 



Ditto and 

 Ammoniacal Salts ; 

 Ditto 

 and Rape-cake ; 

 Ditto and 

 Rape-cake and 

 Ammoniacal Salts. 



Series 4. 



Special Food : 

 Barlev (drv), 

 Malt" (dry), 

 Barley (steeped), 

 Malt (steeped), 

 Extra Malt (dry), 



Oilcake ; 

 Standard Food : 

 Mangolds. 



Pen 1 



0-39 



0-60 



0-24 



0-27 



Pen 2 



0-25 



0-51 



0-29 



0-26 



Pen 3 



0-26 



0-41 



0-31 



0-33 



Pen 4 



0-17 



. 0-40 



0-39 



0-28 



Pen 5 





. . 





0-30 



Pen 6 









0-45 



Mean . . 



0-27 



0-48 



0-31 



0-31 



