48 Experiments on the Comparative Fattening Qualities 
Leicester wethers, cross-bred wethers, and cross-bred ewes — one 
of each was also selected of nearly the average weight, and of 
pretty uniform character with the 40 of its lot to be put under 
experiment ; and, this single sheep of each lot, as in the case of 
the Cotswolds, was killed at once, in the stoi'e condition, in order 
to have the means of comparing the proportional weights of the 
carcass, and of the various parts of tlie offal, of the different 
sheep, in tlie store, and in i\\c fat condition. As also in the case 
of previous experiments, a few of each kind were turned out into 
the field with the ordinary fattening flock of the farm. 
The results of the experiments with the Leicester wether 
lambs and the cross-bred ewes and wethers, are given in the 
Tables which follow in the same detail as has already been done 
for the other breeds. But as it is not our intention, at any rate 
for the present, to pursue tiiis line of experiment with any other 
breeds, and as we propose therefore to give a comparative sum- 
mary of the results of the six breeds in the present paper, we 
shall not discuss separately at such length as formerly the details 
relating to the three lots which constitute the subject of the 
present Report. 
In Tables I., II., and III., pp. 49, 50, and 51, are given, for 
each lot respectively : — 
Tlie weight of each sheep at the commencement of the experi- 
ment, Dec. 2, 1852 ; 
The gain in weight of each sheep during each experimental 
period of 4 weeks ; 
The weight of wool from each sheep, shorn April 7, 1853 ; 
Tlie total increase of each sheep (including wool), during the 
total period of the experiment, namely 20 weeks ; 
The final weights, both inclusive and exclusive of wool ; 
And, in the 12 th column, the average weekly gain of each sheep 
during the 20 weeks. 
There are also given at the foot of these Tables, the total 
weight of the lot of 40 sheep at the beginning and at the end of 
the experiment, the latter both inclusive and exclusive of wool ; 
the total increase during each period of 4 weeks and the total 
period of 20 weeks ; as also the total wool. And, in the lower 
line, the means, or weekly average per head, as the case may be, of 
each of these particulars. 
Table I. 
