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Report  of  Feeding  Experiments  on  Sheep , 
In  Pen  III.  (linseed-cake  and  pea-meal)  the  10  sheep  in- 
creased 24^  lbs.  in  live-weight  per  week. 
The  differences  in  the  increase  of  the  weight  of  the  sheep  in, 
Pens  I.  and  II.  indeed  are  so  small,  that  they  may  be  regarded 
as  due  to  purely  accidental  circumstances  over  which  the 
experimenter  has  no  control.  The  only  legitimate  conclusions, 
that  can  be  drawn  from  the  preceding  experiments  are  : 1st,  that 
barley-meai  and  linseed-cake  given  to  young  growing  sheep  in 
moderate  proportions,  together  with  roots  and  some  hay-  and 
straw-chaff,  is  as  good  a food  as  the  same  feeding-mixture  in 
which  the  same  amount  of  barley  is  used  in  a malted  state  ; 
2ndly,  that  linseed-cake  and  pea-meal,  in  equal  proportions,  and 
used  at  the  rate  of  \ lb.  each  per  head  per  day,  in  conjunction 
with  some  hay-  and  straw-chaff'  and  swedes,  given  ad  libitum,  is 
a better  food  for  young  sheep  than  either  a mixture  of  linseed- 
cake  and  barley-meal,  or  linseed-cake  and  malt. 
Before  disposing  of  the  sheep,  it  appeared  to  me  interesting  to 
ascertain  how  the  three  pens  of  sheep  would  get  on  if  they  were 
kept  for  another  fortnight  on  the  maximum  allowance  of  cake 
and  corn  upon  which  they  were  fed  during  the  last  fortnight  of 
the  experimental  period  of  14  weeks. 
The  sheep  in  Pen  I., however, did  noteat  all  the  barley-meal, and 
also  left  some  of  the  hay-  and  straw-chaff  which  was  given  them, 
and  what  they  left  over  was  weighed  back  from  time  to  time. 
The  sheep  in  the  two  remaining  pens  consumed  all  the  con- 
centrated food  with  which  they  were  supplied.  The  following 
quantities  of  food  were  consumed  in  the  fortnight  between  the 
31st  of  March  and  the  14th  of  April  by  each  pen  of  10  sheep : — 
Table  Y. 
Pint  I. 
Pun  11. 
Pen  III. 
Linseed-cake  
140  lbs. 
140  lbs. 
140  lbs. 
Barley-meal  
115  lbs. 
, , 
Malt  and  Malt-dust 
, , 
117  lbs. 
Pea-meal  
, . 
, , 
140  lbs. 
Swedes 
15  cwts.  3 qrs. 
15  cwts.  3 qrs. 
15  cwts.  3 qrs> 
Hay-chaff 
34  lbs. 
37  lbs. 
37  lbs. 
Wheat-straw-chaff  
34  lbs. 
37  lbs. 
37  lbs. 
On  an  average  each  Sheep  consumed 
per  day  : 
Linseed  
1 lb. 
1 lb. 
1 lb. 
Barley-meal  
13-1  oz. 
Malt  and  Malt-dust  (from  HO  lbs.) 
barley)  j 
tl 
13 '36  oz. 
Pea-meal  
.. 
1 lb. 
Swedes 
12  lbs.  14'1  oz. 
12  lbs.  14'1  oz. 
121b.  14-loz. 
Hay-chaff  
3'8  oz. 
4-2  oz. 
4 • 2 oz. 
Wheat-straw-chaff  
3-8  oz. 
4‘2  oz. 
4 • 2 oz. 
