and of their Increase wliilst Fattening. 
471 
Tahi,e XVII. — Estimated Amount of certain Constituents stored up in Increas - 
for 100 of eacli consumed in Food, by fattening Shkep. 
GENEIIAL PARTICULARS OF THE "EXPERIMENTS. 
A mount of each class oCOri- 
stituonts stored up in Increa^» 
for luO of the same consumed 
in Food. 
Breed. 
Num- 
ber of 
Ani- 
mals. 
Duration. 
Description of Fattening Food. 
Mineral 
Matter 
Nitro- 
genous 
Com- 
pounds 
(dry;. 
Non- 
nitro- 
genous 
Sub- 
stance. 
Total 
Dry 
yub- 
stance. 
Given in Limited 
Quantity. 
Given 
ad libitum. 
Class I.f 
t^otswolds . . . 
Leict^sturs . 
Ooss-bred wethers 
Cros^-bred ewes . 
Hants Downs . . 
Sussex Downs . . 
wks. days. 
4Cy 
19 a 
40 
20 0 
40 
80 0 
40 
20 0 
40 
2(i 0 
40 
26 0 
>0ilcake and clover chad' ', 
[Swedish turnips' 
3-i)8 
3-15 
3 24 
3 -25 
3-40 
3 30 
339 
4 43 
3 39 
3fi9 
3r,o 
4-28 
4-16 
3-91 
9 m 
9-31 
940 
849 
8- 44 
9- 12 
Class III. (Series l).t 
Hants Downs . | 
5 
5 
5 
13 6 
13 6 
13 6 
Oats 
Clover chaff . . . 
416 
5 73 
398 
4-01 
7-07 
-•44 
n-1 
lO'D 
9-0 
933 
9-4l> 
849 
Means .... 
462 
617 
10-0 
9-09 
Class IV. (.'^eries 2)4 
riants Downs . -j 
5 
5 
5 
5 
19 1 
19 1 
19 1 
19 1 
Malt 
1 CI over chaff . | 
V69 
1-81 
1-75 
1-46 
2-20 
2 32 
2-S2 
217 
6? 
6-2 
5-7 
5-3 
5'n7 
5 -00 
4-61 
Means .... 
1-68 
2-38 
5-9 
497 
Hants Downs . 
Class V. (Senes 4).{ 
4 
10 
0 
5 
10 
0 
4 
10 
0 
4 
10 
0 
5 
10 
0 
Barley (ground) 
Malt (ground) and malt dust 
Barley (ground and tteeiJed) . 
f Malt (ground and steeped)\ 
\ and malt dust . . . / 
Malt (ground) and malt dust 
/Mangolds 
3'80 
4-04 
372 
2- 93 
3- 46 
5- 65 
6- 18 
6-35 
434 
5-46 
Means 
Means of all 
* The amounts of " mineral mutter" are too high, owing to the adventitious matters retained by the wool ; see text, 
pp. 459, 4fi0. 467, and 470. 
+ For further particulars of the Experiments, see .Tournal Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. xii., part 2 ; vol. 
xiii.. part 1 ; and vol. xvi., part 1 ; and Report of the British Association for tlie Advancement of Science for iNi;. 
t For furllier particulars of the Experiments, see Journal Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. x., part 1 ; and 
Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science for 1852. 
