conducted  at  Crawley-MiU  Farm,  Woburn. 
429 
It  thus  appears  that,  although  in  the  first  experimental  period 
of  eight  weeks  the  sheep  fed  upon  linseed-cake  and  barley-meal 
did  not  increase  as  much  in  live-weight  as  those  fed  upon  the 
same  quantity  of  linseed-cake  and  malt  and  malt-dust  corre- 
sponding to  the  barley  consumed  by  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.,  the 
difference  in  the  weight  of  the  sheep  in  Pens  I.  and  II.  was 
nearly  effaced  by  the  greater  weight  of  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.  in 
the  following  six  weeks.  It  further  appears  that  the  sheep  in 
Pen  III.,  fed  upon  linseed-cake  and  pea-meal  as  additional  con- 
centrated food  during  the  last  six  weeks,  increased  more  in 
weight  than  either  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.  or  in  Pen  II. 
On  looking  at  the  table  of  results  showing  the  increase  in 
live-weight  of  each  of  the  three  lots  of  sheep,  it  will  be  seen  that 
in  the  first  eight  weeks,  when  the  sheep  consumed  more  swedes 
per  week  than  in  the  following  six  weeks,  and  with  an  allowance 
of  only  ^ lb.  of  cake  and  ^ lb.  of  barley  or  pea-meal,  or  malt  and 
malt-dust  from  ^ lb.  of  barley,  the  increase  in  the  weight  of  the 
sheep,  amounting  in  the  case  of  Pen  I.  (linseed-cake  and  barley) 
to  2^  lbs.,  in  Pen.  II.  (linseed-cake  and  malt)  to  2 lbs.  13J  ozs., 
in  Pen  III.  (linseed-cake  and  pea-meal)  to  2 lbs.  13f  ozs.  per 
week,  was  considerably  higher  than  in  the  following  six  weeks, 
when  the  daily  allowance  of  cake  and  corn  was  doubled  in  the 
first  fortnight,  then  tripled  in  the  next  two  weeks,  and  in  the 
last  two  weeks  quadrupled. 
Thus  the  weekly  increase  in  the  weight  of  each  sheep  in  the 
second  period  of  six  weeks  amounted  on  an  average  per  sheep 
in  Pen  1.  to  1 lb.  8'8  oz.,  Pen  II.  to  1 lb.  3 48  oz.,  and  in  Pen  III. 
to  1 lb.  14T3  oz. 
In  these  experiments  a fair  and  moderate  allowance  of 
linseed-cake  and  meal,  and  swedes  supplied  ad  libitum , together 
with  some  hay-  and  straw-chaff,  certainly  gave  a better  result,  at 
less  cost,  than  a more  liberal  or  excessive  allowance  of  such  con- 
centrated foods.  I may  add  that  the  sheep  were  regularly  sup- 
plied with  fresh  water,  and  would  remind  the  reader  that  the 
sheep  were  tegs,  only  about  ten  months  old. 
Comparing  the  weight  of  each  lot  of  sheep  when  they  were  put 
up  on  the  23rd  of  December,  1882,  with  the  weights  on  the  31st 
of  March,  1883,  or  after  14  weeks,  it  will  be  seen  that  the  total 
increase  in  the  live-weight  in  the  14  weeks  was  as  follows  : — 
10  Sheep  in  Pen  I.  gained  in  14  weeks . 
„ Pen  II.  „ „ 
„ Pen  III. 
lbs. 
2931 
3011 
3411 
Or,  in  round  numbers,  the  10  sheep  in  Pen  I.  (linseed-cake 
and  barley)  gained  per  week  20  lbs.  15  oz.,  or  nearly  21  lbs. 
In  Pen  II.  (linseed-cake  and  malt)  10  sheep  gained  in  weight 
21£  lbs.  per  week. 
