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Influence of Manures on Mutton. 



Table III. 



INDIVIDUAL MONTHLY WEIGHTS IN 1899 OF SHEEP ON PLOTS 



3 AND 4. 



PLOT 3. 





1 



Weight in lbs. 



on the dates : — 





Gain 



Sheep No. 















per 









June 29. 



1_ 









Sheep. 





May 4. 



June I*. 



July 27. 



Aug. 24. 



Sept. 21. 



lbs. 







67 



67 



Sc 



88 



95 



108 



"5 



48 



84 



70 



87 



98 



107 



112 



123 



53 



91 



7o 



89 



98 



in 



119 



127 



57 



90 



7 T 



9 r 



95 



107 



I IO 



126 



c r 

 DO 



73 



72 



59 



90 



101 



III 



119 



47 



"2 A 



72 



92 



99 



1 10 



119 



I2C 



jj 



I c 



71 



9 1 



97 



104 



113 



I20 



4Q 



IQ 



76 



102 



106 



T T« 

 I Id 



129 



138 



62 



6l 



76 



95 



io 3 



Ir 3 



124 



127 



CI 



48 



76 



9D 



99 



1 10 



122 



I30 



14 



I07 



8l 



99 



108 



117 



126 



112 



CI 



I OA 



79 



94 



95 



IOo 



I2 3 



1^1 



12 



Average. 



73'4 



92*2 



98-8 



108*4 



n8-c. 



126*1 



527 









PLOT 



4- 









17 



84 



93 



_ ._ 

 107 



1 10 



117 



122 



38 



58 



80 



92 



96 



102 



108 



112 



32 



64 



75 



89 



93 



(OI 



109 



117 



42 



74 



7i 



86 



98 



103 



108 



Il8 



47 



55 



69 



96 



9i 



98 



1 1 1 



Il6 



47 



53 



70 



85 



92 



99 



108 



113 



43 



46 



7i 



So 



86 



96 



105 



i'5 



44 



43 



73 



84 



96 



100 



112 



118 



45 



Average. 



74-1 



88-i 



94'9 



IO I *2 



1097 



116*4 



42-3 



* Unfasted. 



individual animals (Table III.) From these figures it will 

 be seen that the lowest gain recorded for any sheep on Plot 3 

 is 4;lbs., whereas the highest individual gain on Plot 4 is also 

 47lbs., in other words the best individual return from Plot 4 is 

 the same as the worst individual return from Plot 3. 



It is also worthy of note that although Plot 3 carried 

 twice as many sheep as the untreated ground (Plot 6), these 

 sheep made more than double the weekly gain per head. 



The weight of herbage obtained from the sub-plot getting 



