o f different Breeds of Sheep. 
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cross-bred wethers. The average for the cross-breds is there- 
fore about 6 lbs. 13 ozs. per head. The Leicesters therefore 
have given an average of nearly 1;^ lb. more toeifjht of wool per 
head than the cross-breds. The respective money values of the 
different descriptions of wool will be referred to furtlier on. 
The second column of the 'J'able (X.) shows that the pure 
Leicesters and cross-bred ewes each gave about 5t per cent, of 
their loeight of wool at the time of shearing ; and the cross-bred 
wether only about 4i per cent. 
As in the case of the breeds previously reported upon, some 
of these Leicesters and cross-breds were killed at home, and the 
weights of the carcasses and of the different parts of the offal 
taken ; some were sold alive ; and a few kept to be fed till the 
Christmas following. The main experiments with the Hamp- 
shire and Sussex Downs had been extended over 26 weeks ; that 
with the Cotswolds only 20 weeks, when some of them were 
found to be already even too fat. These Leicesters and cross- 
breds also were kept on fattening food for only 20 weeks. But, 
as appeared by the results, neither of these three lots was as well 
ripened as had been the Hampshire and Sussex Downs and the 
Cotswolds. 
Of each of the lots of 40 sheep under consideration, 16 were 
killed at home, and their carcasses sent to Newgate market ; 
16 were sold alive at Smithfield ; and 8 retained for further 
fattening. 
The 16 killed at home Avere — 
The 4 of largest increase, 
The 4 of smallest increase, and 
The 8 of medium increase. 
The 16 sent to Smithfield alive were, respectively — 
The 8 of the next largest, and 
The 8 of the next smallest increase — to the lots of 4 each 
above mentioned. 
The remaining 8 of each lot were fed till Christmas. 
The following Table (XI.) — giving the mean increase per 
head, average weight of wool per head, and average weights of 
the sheep at the commencement and at the conclusion of the 
experiment — shows how far the method of allotment adopted 
brought together pretty average qualities within each lot in these 
respects. The only point deserving any notice is, that the sheep 
allotted for feeding until Christmas appear to have been on an 
average somewhat lighter throughout than the other lots. 
