194 Comparative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



Twenty were sent off alive in carts the next evening for the 

 Monday morning's Smithfield market of April 19th. On the 

 same day, the 20 allotted for killing at home were slaughtered ; 

 their carcasses were sold at Newgate Market on the 21st, and 

 their ofFal was sold at home. The particulars of these sales are 

 given in the following Table. No estimate is this time made 

 for the (six) sheep to be fed till Christmas, the statement being 

 confined to the 40 sheep actually sold. 



Table XII. 

 Produce of Sale of the Cotswolds. 



Weight in lbs. 



Produce of 

 Sale. 



20 carcasses, at 2s. lOr^. per stone of 8 lbs. 



Wool, at 12ifZ. per lb 



Skins, at 8c?. each 



Heads and plucks, at \s. Zd, , 

 Loose fat, at Is. l\d. per stone of 8 lbs 



Killing, at 8c?., 13s. 4c?.; Selling and) 

 Charges at Newgate Market, 20s. 6c?. j 



Net for the 20 sheep sold dead .... 



Net/)er head for the 20 sheep sold dead . 



lbs. ozs. 

 196B 0 

 183 7 



172 0 



£. s. d. 



34 17 0 



9 11 1 



0 13 4 



1 5 0 



2 I 2J 



48 7 7i 

 1 13 10 



46 



13 



9i 



2 



6 



81 



36 



0 



0 



10 



3 



3 



46 



3 



3 



0 



13 



4 



45 



9 



11 



20 sheep, sold alive, at 36s. per head . 

 Wool, at 12^c?. per lb. ... 



195 2 



Selling and charges ..... 



Net for 20 sheep sold alive 



Net average per head for 20 sheep sold alive 



2 5 5| 



Summary. 



£. s. d. 



20 Sheep, sold dead . . . . 46 13 9^ 

 20 Sheep, sold alive . . . . 45 9 1 1 



Total . . 92 3 8A 



Average per head for the 40 sheep . .£261 



It is seen by this Table of the produce of sale that the carcasses 

 of the Cotswolds, sold dead, fetched 25. 10c?. per stone at Newgate 

 Market. The net return per head of the sheep sold alive was 

 about \s. ?>d. less than for those sold dead. And if we reckon 

 'the average weight of the carcasses at a little above 12 stones, 



