Influence of Manures on Mutton. 



313 



is given, together with the weight of carcase and per- 

 centage of mutton. To those accustomed to deal with show 



Plots. 



Treatment. 



Pvelationship of Hay to 

 Mutton. 



Relationship of Carcase to 

 Live Weight. 



Percent, in ex- 

 cess of Plot 6. 



Lbs. of Hay 

 to I lb. of 

 Live-w'ight 

 increase. 



Average 



Live 

 Weight. 



Average 



Dead 

 Weight. 



l er cent. 



of 

 Mutton. 







I lay. 



M'tton 



lbs. 



lbs. 



lbs. 



% 



I 



Cake 



24 



149 



22*1 



103 



54 



52 



2 



Lime 



3 



7 



43"3 



81 



37 



46 



3 



Full dressing of Slag 



53 



175 



24-6 



108 



56 



52 



4 



^2 diessing of Sbg - 



34 



74 



34'3 



lOI 



47 



47 



5 



Super 



29 



77 



32-1 



lOI 



52 



51 



6 



Nothing - 







44*3 



98 



50 



51 



7 



Super + Potash 



j) 



114 



20 -o 



104 



54 , 



52 



8 



-1- Lime 



27 



109 



27 'O 



112 



56 



50 



9 



,, + Ammonia - 



37 



92 



317 



98 



50 



51 



10 



Diss. Bones 



39 



95 



317 



107 



54 



50 



* Decrease. 



•sheep, or even with highly-fed commercial animals, the per- 

 centage of dead to live weight may appear small, though it 

 is approximately what sheep of this class may be expected 

 to yield. It will be noted that the sheep from the Plot 

 g^etting lime alone slaughtered worst, while those from Plot 4 

 were, in this respect, only slightly superior. As regards the 

 ■others the differences are but slight. 



A matter of greater interest • is dealt with in the first 

 division of the table, which exhibits the percentage by which 

 —in the two years — the cake and manures were able to 

 influence the production of hay and live-weight increase 

 (mutton). Taking, as an example. Plot 3, reference to Tables 

 I. and II. will show that the yield of hay is raised from 35-J 

 cwt. to 54 iwt. per acre, a gain, namely, of 53 per cent. 

 By the same system of treatment the yield of live-weight 

 increase is raised from 90 lbs. to 248 lbs. per acre, which 

 represents a gain of 175 per cent. Now, if the production 

 of mutton stood in simple relationship to the production 

 of hay, we should, of course, find the percentages the same, 

 but as the former is much in excess of the latter it follows 



