428  Report  of  Feeding  Experiments  on  Sheep , 
allowance  of  15 '6  lbs.  of  swedes,  3- 2 oz.  of  hay-chaff,  3 ‘2  oz.  of 
wheat-straw-chafif  and  ^ lb.  of  linseed-cake,  and  ^lb.  of  pea-meal. 
After  the  first  period  of  eight  weeks,  the  daily  allowance  of 
linseed-cake  of  £ lb.  was  increased  to  ^ lb.  per  sheep,  and  that 
of  barley-  and  pea-meal  was  also  increased  from  \ lb.  to  ^ lb. 
per  head  per  day  ; and  the  sheep  in  Pen  II.  received  \ lb. 
linseed-cake  and  the  malt  and  malt-dust  from  l lb.  of  barley. 
Upon  this  allowance  of  concentrated  food  they  were  kept  for 
the  next  two  weeks.  In  the  following  fortnight  the  additional 
food  was  further  increased  to  | lb.  of  cake  and  f lb.  of  corn  per 
head  per  day,  and  in  the  succeeding  two  weeks,  or  the  fourth 
experimental  period,  1 lb.  of  cake  and  1 lb.  of  barley-meal  per 
sheep  per  day  were  supplied  as  concentrated  food  to  Pen  I.  ; 1 lb. 
of  linseed-cake  and  malt  and  malt-dust,  produced  from  1 lb.  of 
barley,  was  given  to  the  sheep  in  Pen  II.,  and  those  in  Pen  III. 
received  during  the  same  period  1 lb.  of  linseed-cake,  and  1 lb. 
of  pea-meal. 
In  the  course  of  the  second,  third,  and  fourth  periods,  each 
continuing  for  two  weeks,  each  pen  of  ten  sheep  consumed  the 
quantities  of  food  shown  in  Table  III.  (p.  427). 
On  the  31st  of  March,  1883,  after  having  been  under  experi- 
ment for  14  weeks,  the  sheep  were  again  weighed,  with  the 
following  results : — 
Table  IY. — Weight  of  Sheep  in  each  Pen  on  March  31st. 
Pen  I. 
Pen  II. 
Pen  III. 
Additional  food  in 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed-cake 
and  Barley. 
and  Malt. 
and  Pea-meal. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs 
lbs. 
cwts. 
qrs.  lbs. 
/ 
1 
0 131 
1 0 
24 
1 
0 12J 
0 
3 24 
1 1 
in 
1 
0 13£ 
1 
1 13* 
1 1 
8 
1 
0 13J 
1 
1 2 
1 0 
16J 
1 
1 5f 
Weight  of  Sheep  
1 
1 
1 81 
1 24f 
1 0 
1 2 
2 
H 
1 
1 
1 8 
0 214 
1 
0 Ifif 
1 0 
14£ 
1 
2 8 
1 
0 24 
1 0 
25 
1 
1 12 
1 
1 0 
1 1 
2 
1 
1 141 
1 
0 26J 
1 1 
0 
1 
1 7£ 
Total  weight  of  10  sheep  on  the) 
31st  March,  1883  / 
On  the  17th  of  February,  after  the) 
12 
1 13 
12  1 
21J 
12 
3 4i 
1st  experimental  period  of  8 weeks,! 
tho  sheep  weighed ) 
11 
2 4 
11  3 
3| 
11 
3 3i 
They  consequently  gained  in  thel 
cwts 
i 0 
qrs.  lbs. 
3 9 
cwts.  qrs 
0 2 
lbs. 
ITS 
cwts. 
1 
qrs.  lbs. 
0 1 
succeeding  6 weeks  / 
Or  in  lbs 
I 93  lbs. 
73§  lbs. 
113  lbs. 
And  each  sheep  on  an  average  gainedl 
1 lb. 
8‘8oz. 
1 lb.  3-48  oz. 
lib.  1413  oz. 
in  weight  per  week  / 
