188 Comparative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



Table VIII. 



Summary of results of Cotswold, Hampshire, and Sussex Sheep. 





Average Food 

 f;onsumed to produce 

 100 lbs. Increase in 

 Live Weight. 



Average Food 

 consumed per Head 

 Weekly. 



Average Food 

 consumed per 1 00 lbs. 

 Live Weight 

 Weekly. 



Average 



Gain 

 in weight 

 per Head 

 Weekly. 



Average 



Gain 

 in Weight 

 per 100 lbs. 

 Live 

 Weight 

 Weekly. 



Oilcake. 



Clover Chaff. 



Swedes. 



Oilcake. 



Clover Hay. 



Swedes. 



Oilcake. 



Clover Hay. 



Swedes. 





lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



Ibs.oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Ibs.oz 



Ibs.oz 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



lbs. oz. 



Cotswold . 



2594 



219 



360S 



8 1 



0 14 



113 4 



5 4i 



4 9i 



74 4 



3 2^ 



2 2 



Hampshire . 



294 



259 



3941 



8 0 



7 0 



106 10 



5 C 



4 121 



71 7 



2 12 



1 14 



Sussex . 



314 



304 



40Sfi 



6 3 



5 14 



79 1 



5 G 



3 2 



68 14 



2 If 



1 10| 



From Division 1 of this summary we learn that the Cotswolds 

 consumed the least food to produce a given amount of increase in 

 live weight, and the Sussex sheep the most. 



From Division 2 Ave see that the Cotswolds consumed the 

 largest amount of food per head, weekly ; and the Sussex sheep 

 the least. 



In Division 3 are given the quantities of food, in the fresh state, 

 consumed per 100 lbs. live weight iveelily, by the several breeds ; 

 and there is some general uniformity observable in the amount 

 consumed to a given weight of animal by the different breeds. 

 But when the quantities of the respective foods are calculated 

 each to their contents of dry substance, it is found that the total 

 quantity consumed to a given weight of animal, within a given 

 time, is all but absolutely identical for the three breeds. 



Lastly, in Divisions 4 and 5 respectively we see that the 

 average weekly gain in live w^eight, whether calculated per head 

 or per 100 lbs. live weight, is greatest with the Cotswolds, and 

 least with the Sussex sheep. 



We would here call attention to the fact, that the increase in 

 weight, per 100 lbs. iveeldy, though greatest with the Cotswolds, 

 is even with them very little more than 2 lbs., ^that is, 2 per 

 cent. 



The next point is as to the quantity of wool shorn from the 

 Cotswold sheep. By reference to Table I. it will be seen that 

 the date of shearing was March 22nd, and we have there given 

 the amount of wool taken from each animal separately, and the 

 total amount from the 48 Cotswolds. In Table IX., which 

 follows, we have given the average quantity of v/ool obtained per 



