conducted  at  Crawley-Mill  Farm,  Woburn. 
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The  sheep  did  remarkably  well  during  the  last  two  weeks  of 
the  sixteen  weeks  during  which  they  were  under  experiment,  as 
will  be  seen  by  the  following  weighings,  which  were  made 
at  the  conclusion  of  the  experiments  on  the  14th  of  April  : — 
Table  VI. — Weight  of  the  Sheep  on  the  conclusion  of  the  Experi- 
ments, on  the  14th  of  April,  1883,  after  a period  of  Sixteen  Weeks. 
Pen-  I. 
Pen  II. 
Pen  III. 
Additional  Food  in 
Lin  seed -cake 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed-cake 
and  Barley. 
and  Malt. 
and  Peas. 
cwts. 
qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
/ 
1 
1 
13? 
1 0 20* 
1 1 1* 
1 
1 
24* 
11  0 
1 1 23? 
1 
0 
8? 
1 1 7? 
1 1 7 
1 
1 
6* 
1 1 20? 
1 1 2* 
Weight  of  Sheep  i 
1 
1 
0 
1 
20? 
4? 
1 1 3 
1 2 11? 
1 1 25* 
1 1 1 
1 
1 
25* 
1 1 14 
1 2 16 
1 
1 
16* 
1 1 19 
1 1 21 
1 
1 
9 
1 1 21* 
1 1 21* 
\ 
1 
1 
4 
1 1 7 
12  5 
Total  weight  of  10  sheep  on  the  14th) 
of  April,  1883  j 
13 
0 
21 
13  2 13? 
14  0 12? 
The  weight  of  the  10  sheep  in  each) 
pen  on  the  31st  of  March  was  ..  / 
12 
1 
13 
12  1 21* 
12  3 4? 
The  10  sheep  in  each  pen  conse-'i 
cwts. 
qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
quently  increased  in  weight  during  1 
0 
3 
8 
1 0 193 
1 1 8 
the  5th  period  of  the  experiments,  | 
extending  over  2 weeks  . . . . J 
Or  in  lbs 
92  lbs. 
131?  lbs. 
148  lbs. 
1 0 sheep  gained  per  week 
46  lbs. 
65-875  lbs. 
74  lbs. 
Or  each  sheep  increased  per  week  . . 
4 
6 lbs. 
6‘58  lbs. 
7-4  lbs. 
Or  per  day 
•657  lbs. 
•94  lbs. 
1-06  lb. 
In  the  fifth  period  the  sheep  in  Pen  II.  (malt  and  linseed-cake) 
made  nearly  1 lb.  of  live-weight  per  day,  and  did  much  better 
than  those  led  upon  linseed-cake  and  barley-meal  as  additional 
concentrated  food.  Linseed-cake  and  pea-meal  given  during 
the  last  fortnight  at  the  rate  of  1 lb.  each  per  day,  produced 
a daily  increase  of  fully  1 lb.  per  sheep. 
The  increase  in  the  weight  of  the  sheep,  in  comparison  with 
their  weight  a fortnight  ago,  was  so  considerable,  that  in  order 
to  check  the  correctness  of  the  weighings,  all  the  sheep  were 
weighed  a second  time  two  hours  after  the  first  weighings  were 
made,  and  results  were  obtained  which  differed  but  little  from 
those  of  the  first  weighings. 
At  the  conclusion  of  these  feeding  experiments,  extending  over 
sixteen  weeks,  the  weight  of  each  pen  of  10  sheep,  as  just  stated, 
was — 
