518 Sheep-Feeding Experiments at Crawley Mill Farm, 
the sheep which, up to now, would barely clean up the ^ lb. 
allowance of wheat-meal, now readily ate J lb. of the whole 
wheat. Concurrent with the increase of additional food, the 
sheep in all the pens now only ate ^ lb. of hay-chaff each daily, 
together with the 20 lbs. of swedes as before. 
About this time most severe weather set in, and the sheep 
suffered very much. The sheep on other parts of the farm, not 
under experiment, had already experienced the effects of the 
cold winds and wet weather coming together, with alternations of 
frost and damp, and several had died. The experimental sheep 
now began to suffer too, and on January 18th, one out of Pen III. 
(wheat) had to be removed, and subsequently killed, inflamma- 
tion of the lungs (as was shown by subsequent examination) 
having attacked it. On February 4th, one died out of Pen V., 
while on February 7th, yet another died out of Pen IV., giddi- 
ness and clot on the brain being the outcome of the severe 
atmospheric changes. The remainder were re-weighed on 
February 8th, at the end of the second period of thirty-four days, 
as follows : — 
Tablk III. — Weights of the Five Pens of Sheep after the Secokd 
Period of 34 Days, January 5, 1886, to February 8. 
Pen I. 
Linseed Cake. 
Pen II. 
Linseed Cake 
and Cotton 
Cake. 
Pen III. 
Wheat. 
Pen IV. 
Crushed Oats 
and Barley 
Meal. 
Pen V. 
Crushed Oats 
and Split 
Beans. 
cwtB. qrs.lbs. 
cwts. qrs. Ihs. 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
cwts. qrs.lbs. 
Weights of Sheep , . | 
Total weight of sheep 1 
on Feb. 8 .. ../ 
Total -weight of sheep 1 
on Jan. 5 . . . . / 
Gain in live-weighfl 
in 34 days . . . . / 
- lbs 
Daily increase per head 
1 0 10 
1 0 23 
1 0 26 
1 0 10 
1 1 0 
1 1 18 
1 1 21 
115 
10 7 
1 0 22 
1 0 18 
1 0 21 
113 
1 0 21 
113 
1 0 26 
1 1 13 
1 1 10 
1 0 24 
1 0 25 
1 b 18 
3 20 
10 4 
1 1 15 
1 1 6 
1 0 IG 
10 9 
3 21 
1 b 17 
1 1 7 
10 0 
110 
112 
1 0 20 
1 0 IS 
1 0 17 
1 b 13 
10 0 1 
a 0 24 
9 2 9 
9 0 0 
8 12 
8 0 3 
8 1 7 
8 0 10 
8 0 14 
7 3 19 
3 5 
2 9 
27* 
25* 
23* 
89 
5-2 oz. 
65 
3-8 oz. 
27* 
1-8 oz. 
25* 
l-7oz.. 
23* 
1 '5 oz. 
* Seven sheep only — one having died. 
In explanation of the varying length of the periods, it will be 
borne in mind that, owing to the state of the atmosphere, it is 
