190 Comjxirative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



Table X. 





A.vera<5e Increase 



per Head, 

 including Wool. 



Average Wool 



per Mead 

 (Shorn Mar. 22). 



Average 

 Original Weiglit, 

 Dec. 1, 1851. 



Average Final 



Weight, 

 April 17, 1852, 

 without Wool. 



Mean of the 20 killed at| 

 home . . . . J 

 Mean of the 20 sold alive 

 Mean of the 6 to be kepfl 

 till Christmas . . / 



Mean of the 46 Sheep . 



lbs. O'Li. 



63 0 

 65 U 

 61 Oi 



lbs. ozs. 



9 2|- 

 9 12 

 9 84 



lbs. ozs. 

 119 12 

 119 5 

 121 5 



lbs. ozs. 



173 10 



174 11 

 172 13 



63 10 



9 4| 



119 13 174 0 



In the next Table (No. XL) are given at one view, some of the 

 main particulars whilst alive, of the animals to be killed at home, 

 bj the side of those ascertained on killing them. 



In this Table v/e find with these Cotswolds, that there was 

 some degree of uniformity as to rate of increase in weight within 

 each of the three lots, drawn out for killing ; though comparing 

 lot w4th lot, we see that the 5 of largest increase gave an 

 average actual increase nearly double that of the 5 of smallest 

 increase. On the other hand, as shown in the summary, the 

 average increase per head of the 10 of medium increase, of the 

 whole 20 killed, and of the whole 46 sheep fed under expe- 

 riment, was very nearly equal. This was also the case with the 

 Hampshire and Sussex sheep ; and as with them, we find also 

 with the Cotswolds, that those animals thus brought together 

 within each lot as having increased in weight at nearly equal 

 rates, had few other qualities in common. 



Thus, turning to the column of the amount of wool given by 

 the Cotswolds, we see, that although the average of any one lot 

 does not differ much from that of either of the others, or of the 

 whole 46 sheep, yet the amount obtained from the different indi- 

 vidual sheep is almost equally variable among those of the 

 largest, those of the smallest, and those of the medium rate of 

 increase, respectively. 



In the column of carcass-weighty we see that the 5 sheep which 

 increased most, gave on April 19th, when therefore they were 

 iitde more than a year old, an average of 113 lbs. 15 oz., or 

 14 stones and nearly 2 lbs. (8 lbs. per stone). The 5 of smallest 

 increase gave at the same time an average of 90f lbs. carcass, 

 equal to 11 stone 2i lbs. ; and the 10 of medium increase gave 

 an average of 99 lbs. 6 oz. carcass, or nearly 12^ stones. The 

 average carcass weight of the whole 20 killed was 101 lbs., or 

 12 stone 5 lbs. ; this is exacdy the weight to which the Hamp- 

 shires had been brought in the previous season by May 8, after 



