so EXPORT OF NORWEGIAN SHEEP TO ENGLAND. [Sept. 18S4. 



It is stated that the experiment has shown that it is remune- 

 rative to fatten the sheep in Norway and send them alive to 

 England. The average price of the 80 live animals before 

 fattening was 18s. 6d. per head, the cost of fattening for six 

 weeks was 85. Sd. ; the total outlay being 26s. 9d. per head. 

 The sheep sold in England at an average price, after deducting 

 commission, of 30s. 5d. per head, leaving a profit of Ss. Sd. on 

 each animal. 



The results of the sales of the 40 carcases of mutton are 

 said to have proved less satisfactory, there having been an 

 average loss of 10s. per head. This, however, is partly explained 

 by the damage to the skins referred to above, and by the circum- 

 stance that the vessel in which the carcases were despatched 

 arrived too late for the animals to be sold on a Tuesday. 



On the whole, the Council of the Stavanger Agricultural 

 Society conclude from the experiment that mutton can be re- 

 muneratively sent to England from Norway in the winter, that 

 the offal; hoofs, heart, lung, and liver should accompany each 

 carcase, that the skins might also be sent, and that it would be 

 advisable to send fat sheep alive to England so long as the 

 British markets are open to receive live animals from abroad. 



