of different Breeds of Sheep. 
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breds — both among those of largest, of smallest, and of medium 
increase — to give a greater amount of " loose," " inside," or 
offal " fat than the Leicesters. The amount is obviously 
greater too, among the cross-bred ewes than the cross-bred wethers. 
Comparing on this point the cross-breds, as a whole, with the 
Leicesters, we should, as already said, have anticipated a larger 
proportion of inside fat among the former than the latter. But 
as we have with this, at the same time, a general tendency to 
better proportion of carcass-weir/lit also among the cross-breds, it 
would seem that they had perhaps, in point of fact, made, up to 
the time of killing, nearly as large a proportion, both of carcass 
and of inside — that is, of total fat — and were therefore in reality 
as fully " ripened," as the Leicesters, and this result we scarcely 
should have looked for. 
Upon the whole, then, the result indicated by a consideration 
of this Table (XII.) of the particulars of the live and dead 
weights of those of the sheep killed at home is, that the Lei- 
cesters, although they have given, in individual cases, a very large 
carcass-weight, have, on the average, given not more than half a 
stone per head above the cross-breds ; that the cross-breds, and 
especially the ewes, have given a somewhat better proportion of 
carcass-weight to live-weight ; and more obviously still, the 
cross-breds, and again the ewes in particular, have given the 
largest proportion of inside or loose fat. 
In the Tables which next follow are given the particulars of 
sale of the three lots of sheep. 
Table XIII. 
Particulars of Sale of the Leicesters. 
Weight. 
Produce of 
Sale. 
S Sheep — 4 of Largest, 
and 4 of Smallest In- 
G Carcasses, at 
8 medium Sheep 
s. 
4 
4 
4 
4 
Wool 1 
Skins 0 
Heads & Plucks 1 
Loose Fat . . . . 0 
d. 
2 per stone 
0 
1 
2 
3 per lb. 
9 each 
3 
3f per lb. 
lbs. oz. 
407 
188 
69 0 
.525 0 
131 2 
100 8 
Killing, 8c?. per head ; Selling and Charges at Newgate\ 
Market, 14s. lOrf / 
Net for 1 6 Sheep sold dead 
Net per head 
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10 11 11 
4 14 0 
1 15 
13 13 
8 3 
0 12 
1 0 
1 11 
42 1 8 
15 6 
40 IG 2 
2 11 0 
