10-4 Composition and Nutritive Properties of Mangold-Pulp. 
chafll^ 49 lbs. of linseed-cake, 34 cwts. 2 qrs. 21 lbs. of mangold- 
pulp. 
Lot II., 4 sheep fed upon mangolds, consumed 196 lbs. of 
clover-liay cbafF, 49 lbs. of linseed-cake, 33 cwts. 1 qr. 19 lbs. 
of mangolds. 
It will be observed that the sheep in the first lot consumed 
1 cwt. 30 lbs. more pulp than the quantity of roots eaten by the 
sheep in the second lot. Each sheep Avas weighed on the 12th 
of April, 2Gth of April, and May 10th. The weight of each 
sheep at these periods, and their final increase, is given in the 
subjoined Table: — 
Table nhowing the Weight of each Sheep in lbs. at beginning of Experiment 
and at different times of Experimental jjeriod, and Final Increase. 
Lot. I. — Four Sheep fed m|;o?i Maiujold-pidp. 
Put up on 
March 22. 
April 12. 
April 2G. 
May 10. 
Increase. 
Sheep No. 1 weighed 
Q 
> ) - J J 
3 
) ) 4 , , 
lbs. 
124 
l.-il 
146 
137 
lbs. 
130i 
142 
152 
147 
lbs. 
133 
139| 
1.041 
143 
lbs. 
138i 
148 
1G21 
150 
lbs. 
14i 
- 3" 
16i 
13 
Total .. .. 
558 
571 J 
570 
599 
41 
Lot IL — Four Sheep fed upon Mangolds. 
Put up on 
MarcU 22. 
April 12. 
April 26. 
May 10. 
lucrcase. 
Sheep No. 1 weighed 
2 
, , •'5 , > 
4 
lbs. 
153 
134 
170 
136 
lbs. 
154^ 
1361 
171" 
140 
lbs. 
164 
145^ 
18U 
1481 
lbs. 
1701 
15U 
1871 
155 
lbs. 
17^ 
171 
17i 
19 
Total .. .. 
593 
602 
639 i 
6641 
It appears thus that the 4 sheep fed upon mangold gained 
30J lbs. more in weight than the 4 sheep fed upon pulp, although 
the latter consumed 1 cwt. 30 lbs. more of pulp. One of the 
sheep in the first lot, it will be noticed, lost 3 lbs. in weight. 
This is due to the sheep having been affected with scouring 
after it had been fed for some time upon pulp. The pulp, which 
is very acid, is apt to produce this disorder. It ought there- 
fore always to be given with a good deal of dry food. 
These experiments, though deficient in some respects, I think 
still confirm sufficiently the theoretical opinion to which I have 
been led by the analysis of the pulp and of mangold-wurzel. 
