of different Breeds of Sheep. 
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isumption of Food: — 
Sheep of different breeds consume quantities of food in pro- 
/ortion to their respective weights when at an equal age, stage 
of feeding, &c. ; that lis to say, three sheep weighing 100 lbs. 
each will consume the same quantity of food as two sheep of 
150 lbs. each. 
Sheep on good fattening food — such as cake or corn, with 
chaff and roots — will consume weekly about 4| lbs. of cake, 
43 lbs. hay, and about 70 lbs. of roots, for every 100 lbs. of 
their live-weight. 
When fed as above, they will consume every week about one- 
seventh of their own weight of the dry substance of food ; that is, 
after deducting the moisture it contains. 
Rate of Increase : — 
Sheep well fed and under cover will increase about two per 
cent, per week upon their weight; that is to say, 100 lbs. live- 
weight will increase from If lb. to 2 lbs. per week. 
To increase 100 lbs. in live weight, sheep will consume about 
2icwts. of cake or corn, 2 J cwts. of hay-chaff, and 1^ to If tons 
of roots. 
The increase of a fattening sheep is at the rate of about 1 lb. 
live-weight to 8 lbs. or 9 lbs. of the diy substance of the food 
consumed. 
Live and Dead Weights, Sfc. : — 
Hoggets or tegs (under twelve months old), and in a lean or 
store condition, will contain about one half of their weight carcass, 
and about one half offal. 
Shorn sheep, sufficiently fat for the market, will contain about 
56 lbs. of carcass in every 100 lbs. of the unfasted live-weight. 
Sheep in an ordinary state of fatness yield from 7 lbs. to 14 lbs. 
of offal or loose fat per head, according to breed and size ; the 
long-wools giving the least, and the Downs the most. 
Value of Increase, Sfc. : — 
The value of the increase of fattening sheep is less than the 
cost of the food consumed to produce it ; the difference is to 
be charged to the manure. 
The value of the total offal is from 4^. to Qs. per head, inde- 
pendently of the wool. 
