432  Report  of  Feeding  Experiments  on  Sheep,  Sfc. 
Table  YII. 
Pen  I. 
Pen  II. 
Pen  III. 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed-cake 
Linseed-cake 
and  Barley. 
and  Malt. 
and  Peas. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
Weight  on  April  14th  
When  the  10  sheep  were  pui.  up  for] 
13  0 21 
13  2 131 
14  0 12i 
experiments  on  the  23rl  of  Dec.,) 
1883,  they  weighed ) 
9 2 27f 
9 2 271 
9 2 26 J 
The  sheep  consequently  increased  ini 
weight  in  16  weeks  / 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
3 1 21J 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
3 3 13f 
cwts.  qrs.  lbs. 
4 1 13J 
Or  in  lbs 
3851  ibs. 
433f  lbs. 
489J  lbs. 
It  will  be  seen  that  the  10  sheep  in  the  second  pen,  fed  upon 
linseed-cake,  malt,  and  malt-dust,  made  48J  lbs.  more  live- 
weight  in  sixteen  weeks  than  the  10  sheep  in  Pen  I.,  which 
received  linseed-cake  and  barley  in  the  place  of  malt.  The 
sheep  in  Pen  III.,  which  received  per  head  per  day  1 lb.  of 
linseed-cake  and  1 lb.  of  pea-meal  in  the  course  of  the  last  four 
weeks  of  the  experiments,  in  sixteen  weeks  produced  56  lbs. 
more  live-weight  than  the  sheep  in  Pen  II.,  and  104J  lbs.  more 
than  the  10  sheep  in  Pen  I. 
According  to  these  data,  each  sheep,  on  an  average,  increased 
in  weight : — 
Per  Week.  Per  Day. 
lbs.  oz. 
Pen  1 2'  4 ..  ..  5J 
Pen  II 2 '71  ....  6 '19 
Pen  III 3-06  ....  7 (6‘9964> 
It  is  strange  that  the  sheep  in  Pen  I.  picked  up  the  whole  of 
the  daily  allowance  of  1 lb.  of  linseed-cake,  but  refused  to  eat 
along  with  it  the  whole  daily  allowance  of  1 lb.  of  barley-meal, 
whilst  those  in  Pen  II.  ate  up  all  the  cake  (1  lb.  per  head  per 
day)  and  all  the  malt  and  malt-dust  from  1 lb.  of  barley. 
On  the  whole,  taking  into  consideration  that,  for  some  reason 
or  other,  the  sheep  did  not  eat  all  the  barley-meal  with  which 
they  were  supplied  in  the  course  of  the  last  fortnight  of  the 
expei  iments,  the  differences  in  the  feeding  properties  of  barley, 
and  of  the  malt  and  malt-dust  produced  from  the  same  quantity  of 
barley,  in  these  experiments  were  but  trifling.  A better  additional 
food  to  swedes  and  chaff  than  either  linseed-cake  and  barley,  or 
linseed-cake  and  malt,  for  young  fattening  sheep  appears  to  be 
a mixture  of  linseed-cake  and  pea-meal. 
12,  Hanover  Square, 
Atigust  1883. 
