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Comparative Fattening Qualities of Sheep. 



of this paper ; and for the convenience of comparison we have, 

 where it seemed useful, placed by their side the particulars of the 

 Hampshire and Sussex sheep on the same points. 



Table XIY. 

 General Summary. 



PARTICULARS— (Cotswold Sheep.) 



Average weight per head when put up, Dec. 1st . 

 Average weight per head when fat (including wool) 

 Total increase in weight of 46 sheep (Cotswolds) \ 



in 20 weeks j 



Increase per head weekly 



Increase upon 100 lbs. live weight weekly . . . 



Total food consumed by46Cotswolds J ciove^Hay * 

 in 20 weeks I Swedes . *. 



^Oilcake 



Food consumed per head weekly J Clover Hay . 



(Swedes . . 



Food consumed per 100 lbs. Hve f gj^^^^j^ ' * ; 

 w eight of animal weekly . . I Swedes ". 



Food consumed to produce 100 l^s. | ^jl^'^^g^'^jj^y 

 ^ Swedes 



increase of live weight . 



Total wool of 46 sheep, shorn March 22d . . . 

 Wool per head ditto ditto .... 



Wool per 100 lbs. live weight of animal, when shorn 



Actual Results of 

 . Experiments. 



Cotswold. Hants. Sussex, 



lbs. oz. 

 119 13 

 183 7 



2,928 12 



3 2i 



7,429 0 

 6,348 0 

 104192 0 



8 1 

 6 14 

 113 4 



5 4i 

 4 9i 

 74 4 



259 12 

 219 1 

 3,608 0 



Average 

 weights 

 of cold 

 carcass ■ 

 in stones 

 of 8 lbs. 



OftheSlargest. ^^.^j^^^ taken at home 

 esTincreTse i ^^^'ghts allowed by butcher 



Of 10 medi- \ Weights taken at home 

 um increase. J Weights allowed by butcher 



Of the 20 ■> Weights taken at home 

 killed . . 5 Weights allowed by butcher 



Of the 5 largest 



Proportion of carcass (cold) in ll^^ , ^ 

 100 lbs. of the gross live weight J ^J,^e 5 smallest 

 of animal, April 17th c, not ^ ^^^^'^ rneA^^^m 

 fasted) 



Proportion of carcass (cold) in 100 

 Iba. of the fasted weight . . 



Average weight of loose fat per 

 head (weighed warm) . . 



I Of the 20 killed. 



Of the 5 largest 

 (..»f the 5 smallest 

 Of the 10 medium 



Of the 20 killed 



Of the .5 largest 

 Of the 5 smallest 

 Of the 10 medium 



Of the 20 killed 



427 12 

 9 4i 

 5'44 



St. lbs. oz, 

 12 6 5 



12 3 



12 4 15 

 12 2 0 



59-14 

 57-38 

 57-81 



58-11 



lbs. oz. 

 113 7 

 183 1 



2 12 

 1 14 



8 0 

 7 0 

 106 10 



5 6 

 4 12f 

 71 7 



294 0 

 259 12 

 3,941 0 



6 4 

 3-775 



St. 



12 

 12 



12 4i 

 12 2 



12 



12 3 



lbs. oz 

 88 0 

 141 0 



2 11 

 1 lOf 



6 3 

 5 14 

 79 1 



5 6 

 5 2 

 68 14 



314 4 

 304 3 

 4,086 0 



5 10 

 4-567 



5G-87 

 56-42 



56-82 



56-73 



62-86 



60- 37 



61- 21 



61-48 



38. oz. 



8 1)^ 



8 2 



9 8 



8 15 



61-24 

 60-00 

 60-64 



12 15^ 



11 5 



12 7 



St. lbs 



9 4 



9 2 



9 51 



9 4i 



9 5i 

 9 3 



57-16 



56- 15 



57- 41 



57-03 



61-81 



59- 28 



60- 57 



60-56 



lbs. 



10 4i- 



8 6 



10 2i 



9 9i 



1^ 



94-67 

 99-79 



87-13 

 89-02 



99-22 



101- 81 

 94-15 



102- 07 

 104-77 



96*17 



113-18 

 118-57 

 109-25 



67-22 

 69-39 



100- 18 



101- 38 

 100-56 



96-16 

 98-33 

 98-28 



97-63 



97- 42 

 99-39 

 99-08 



98- 63 



148-63 

 139-23 

 130-92 



136-89 



