Exj)erimcnts on the Feeding of S/icejj. 195 
Gain*, &c., of the Sheep. 
Period (1861). 
Loss) lbs. 
Final 
weights, 
Sept. 6. 
Wool 
(shorn 
May 17). 
rinal 
weights 
with wool 
added. 
In 4 Weeks 
to 
Juni; M. 
ill 2 Weeks 
to 
J\ine 28. 
In 4 Weeks 
to 
July 26. 
In 4 Weeks 
to 
Aug. 23. 
In 2 Weeks 
to 
Sept. 6. 
Total 
ill 
32 Weeks. 
Average 
per Head 
per \Veek. 
Meadow -hay-cliaff alone, ad libit imi. 
lbs. ozs. 
13 8 
1 4 
3 11 
5 4 
3 6 
lbs. 
- 9| 
3i 
- 3J 
0 
- 3i 
lbs. 
- -If 
1 
- 1 
- H 
2 
lbs. 
- 63 
U 
' 4 
2i 
- oi 
lbs. 
- 3i 
- 2i 
1 
4 
4i 
lbs. ozs. 
6 8 
14 4 
30 7 
14 12 
18 6 
lbs. ozs. 
0 3| 
0 7 
0 15| 
0 n 
0 91 
lbs. 
114 
131 
153f 
127| 
128 
lbs. ozs. 
5 8 
5 4 
7 11 
6 4 
5 6 
lbs. ozs. 
119 8 
13G 4 
IGl 7 
133 12 
133 6 
27 1 
5 6-G 
-1.3i 
- 2-65 
- 5 
- 1 
4| 
0-85 
4 
0-8 
84 .5 
IG 13-8 
o"8i 
654i 
130'9 
30 1 
6 0-2 
684 5 
136 14 
' quantity; Meadow-hay-chaS ad lilifum. 
4 10 
7 3 
5 14 
9 2 
7 0 
- H 
- Oi 
- 2 
4 
5 
2 
- 3J 
- Oi 
3J 
5" 
3 
4 
- Oi 
3 
u 
H 
22 14 
17 11 
28 10 
31 10 
23 4 
• 0 11^ 
0 8f 
0 141 
0 15f 
0 llf 
137J 
136 
141 
137 
129| 
4 6 
4 11 
6 10 
4 10 
5 8 
141 14 
140 11 
147 10 
141 10 
135 4 
33 13 
G 12-2 
If 
0-35 
10 
2 
2-9 
9* 
1-9 
124 1 
24 13 
0 12| 
681^ 
1361 
25 13 
5 2-C 
707 1 
141 7 
quantity ; Meadow-hay-chaff ad libitum. 
4 13 
10 0 
7 4 
7 1 
8 14 
- 1 
_ 2 
OJ 
- l| 
- 9 
Oi 
2i 
If 
1 
8 
3| 
4i 
5i 
5 
- 2 
1 
- H 
0| 
0 
24 5 
42 4 
34 4 
32 13 
30 6 
0 121 
1 51 
1 u 
1 o| 
0 15i 
125 
152| 
160 J 
148 J 
138 
6 5 
5 12 
5 12 
4 5 
6 6 
131 5 
15S 4 
166 4 
152 13 
144 6 • 
38 0 
7 y-G 
-12f 
- 2-55 
13f 
2-75 
26i 
5-3 
- 2 
- 0'4 
164 0 
32 12-8 
1 0| 
7241 
144-9 
28 8 
5 11-2 
753 0 
150 10 
limited quantity ; Meadow-hay-chaff ad libitum. 
9 8 
7 G 
12 0 
7 14 
6 13 
2 
oi 
- 3 
- 4 
n 
n 
- 2 
- 2i 
■'■I 
6 
3i 
2| 
2 
6i 
li 
3| 
2i 
- 0^ 
2| 
52 12 
34 G 
30 12 
23 6 
30 5 
1 lOi 
1 U 
0 151 
0 llf 
0 151 
1631 
15G 
154 
147 
1231 
5 4 
6 6 
5 12 
6 G 
5 13 
168 12 
162 6 
159 12 
153 6 
129 5 
43 9 
8 11-4 
- 
- 0-9 
13 
2-6 
20| 
4-05 
9 
1-8 
171 9 
34 5 
744 
148'8 
29 9 
5 14- G 
773 9 
1.54 11 
all the sheep had hay-chaif alone ; and in Pen 2 the limited food (beans) was not given until March 2'J, that is, 
of the Experimental Period. 
o 2 
1 
li 
