422 Sheep-Feeding Experiments at Crawley Mill Farm, 
It will be noticed that in Pen 1 there was a loss of weight in 
the case of one sheep only (though a rather serious one), viz., 
the sheep No. 1, mentioned before as having been ill. In Pens 
2 and 3 there was no case of loss whatever ; in Pen 4, one loss 
of a few pounds (No. 32) ; and in Pen 5, two heavier losses 
(Nos. 28 and 37). All these occurred with sheep which had 
been observed throughout the experiment not to be doing well. 
It was thought that it might be of interest to see what difference 
there was in the weights of wool, and the sheep were accordingly 
weighed both before and after washing and shearing. The- 
weights of the fleeces from the respective pens were as 
follows : — 
Weight of Fleeces, 
qrs. lbs. 
Pen I. (8 slaeep) 3 8 
Pen II. „ 3 3 
Pen III. „ 3 8| 
Pen IV. (7 sbecp, one having died in the interval) .. 3 IJ 
Pen V. (8 sheep) 3 4 
It will be seen that the differences of weight in the wool 
were but trifling, though it was observed that the quality of the 
wool of the cake-fed sheep was decidedly better than that of the 
wheat-fed ones. 
The average quantities of roots consumed by the sheep per 
head daily during the whole period were: — Pen I., 28*8 lbs.; 
Pen II., 27-8 lbs.; Pen III., 28 lbs.; Pen IV., 26-5 lbs.; 
Pen v., 26-4 lbs. 
The Table of increase of weights at the close of the experi- 
ment shows the greatest increase to have been due to Decorti- 
cated Cotton-cake ; the next best, to Linseed-cake ; and then 
came Wheat, the mixed foods not having given nearly so good 
results. Speaking generally, therefore, the combination of 
starchy foods with the more nitrogenous ones did not prove so 
successful. Taking the entire diets given in the case of the 
three best pens, we have the following as the daily allowance for 
each sheep : — 
Pen I. 
29 lbs. Swedes. 
J lb. Haj'-chaft". 
f lb. Linseed-cake. 
Pen 11. 
28 lbs. Swedes. 
h lb. Hay-chaff. 
i lb. Wheat. 
Pen lit 
28 lbs. Swedes. 
i lb. Hay-chaff, 
lb. Decorticated 
Cotton-cake. 
The composition of these diets is given on the opposite page. 
It may be noted that the albuminoid ratio 1 : 5 was that 
which had in last year's experiments also given the best feeding 
result. 
