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• Report  of  Feeding  Experiments  on  Sheep, 
Table  IT. — Weights  of  tlie  Three  Lots  of  Sheep  after  Eight  Weeks 
Feeding. 
Pen  1. 
Pen  II. 
Pen  III. 
Additional  Food  in 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed- cake 
Linseed-cake 
and  Barley. 
and  Malt. 
and  Peas. 
cwts. 
qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs. 
lbs. 
cwts.  qrs 
lbs. 
f 
1 
o 144 
1 0 
174 
1 0 
234 
/ 
1 
o n 
l i 
0 
1 0 
81 
1 
1 24 
1 0 
44 
1 0 
8 
1 
1 31 
1 1 
1 
1 0 
26 
Weight  of  Sheep  . . . . 
.. 
1 
1 
0 25 
1 04 
1 0 
1 0 
141 
2? 
1 0 
1 1 
18f 
184 
1 
o 74 
1 0 
104 
1 0 
41 
1 
0 21 
1 0 
224 
1 0 
114 
\ 
1 
o 54 
1 0 
13 
1 1 
19 
1 
0 1 
1 2 
14 
1 0 
54 
Total  weight  of  10  sheep  on 
of  February,  1883  .. 
the  17thj 
11 
2 41 
11  3 
31 
11  3 
31 
Weight  of  the  sheep  on 
of  December,  1882  . . 
the  23ruj 
9 
2 27f 
9 2 
274 
9 2 
264 
Increase  in  Live-weight  of  10  sheepl 
in  8 weeks  1 
cwts 
1 
qrs.  lbs. 
3 44 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
2 0 3f 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
2 0 4f 
Or  in  lbs 
2004  lbs. 
227 f lbs. 
228f  lbs. 
Accordingly,  the  average  increase  of  i 
each  sheep  per  week  was  ..  ..  J 
2 lbs.  8 ozs. 
2 lbs.  134  ozs. 
2 lbs.  13f  ozs. 
And  the  daily  average  increase  per^ 
73  ozs. 
6 • 5 ozs. 
6-53  ozs. 
sneep  was  
i 5' 
It  thus  appears  that  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.  fed  upon  linseed-cake 
and  barley  as  additional  food,  increased  less  in  weight  than 
those  in  Pen  II.,  which  had  been  given  the  same  amount  of 
linseed-cake,  and  malt  and  malt-dust,  corresponding  to  the 
barley-meal  consumed  by  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.  It  will  further  be 
noticed  that  the  sheep  in  Pen  III.,  fed  upon  the  same  quality  of 
linseed-cake  as  the  others,  and  pea-meal  equal  in  weight  to  the 
quantity  of  barley-meal  consumed  by  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.,  did 
lully  as  well  as  those  in  Pen  II.  During  the  period  of  eight 
weeks  the  ten  sheep  in  each  of  the  three  pens  consumed  the 
following  quantities  of  food  : 
Pen  I. — 78  cwts.  of  sliced  swedes,  1 cwt.  hay-chaff,  1 cwt.  of 
wheat-straw-chaff  as  bulky  food,  and  140  lbs.  of  linseed-cake  and 
140  lbs.  of  barley-meal.  Each  sheep  in  Pen  I.  accordingly  con- 
sumed per  day  15 '6  lbs.  of  swedes,  3 ’2  oz.  of  hay-chaff,  3’2  oz.  of 
straw-chaff,  and  £ lb.  ol  linseed-cake,  and  ^ lb.  of  barley-meal. 
Pen  II. — 78  cwts.  of  swedes,  1 cwt.  of  hay-chaff,  1 cwt.  of 
wheat-straw-chaff,  and  140  lbs.  of  linseed-cake,  and  the  malt 
and  malt-dust  from  140  lbs.  of  barley.  Each  sheep  on  an  average 
had  a daily  allowance  of  15‘6  lbs.  of  swedes,  3 2 oz.  of  hay- 
chaff,  and  3'2  oz.  of  wheat-straw-chaff,  ^ lb.  of  linseed-cake,  and 
the  malt  and  malt-dust  from  ^ lb.  of  barley. 
