472 
On the Composition of Oxen, Sheep, and Piys, 
Tadle XVIII. — Estimated Amount of certain constituents stored up in Increase, for 100 
of each consumed in Food, by fattening Pigs. 
GENERAL PARTICULARS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. 
Amount of each class of Constituents 
stored up in Increase for 100 of the 
same consumed in Food. 
Inuiti- 
Duration. 
Description of Fattening Food; 
Mi- 
neral 
Matter 
(aslO-* 
Nitro- 
genous 
Com- 
pounds 
(dry). 
Non- 
nitro- 
genous 
Sub- 
stance. 
Total 
Dry 
Sub- 
stance. 
Fat. 
Given in Given 
Limited Quantities. ad libitum. 
The analysed " Fat Pig." t 
wks.days. 
1 
10 0 
f Mixture of bran 1. bean and lentil meal 2, and barley-l g'SR 
7-76 
17-6 
14-9 
405 
Series 14 
8 
None 
Indian-meal 
Indian-meal and bran . . 
None 
liean and lentil meal . . . 
Bran 
Bean and lentil meal and 
bran ,Z 
\ Bean and lentil meal 
^Indian-meal 
■{ 
f Bean and lentil meal, Indian-meal, and bran, each \ 
. I ad libitum i 
0T,8 
4-88 
25-3 
17-5 
621 
6-39 
23-7 
17-9 
477 
—0-33 
502 
21-1 
16-1 
362 
—2-09 
9-28 
20-9 
18-6 
300 
0-99 
9-18 
20-9 
18-4 
324 
12-10 
20-3 
18-7 
300 
2-71 
10-03 
21-3 
18-5 
307 
—0-22 
5-65 
21-1 
10-8 
362 
0-74 
7-82 
218 
17-8 
382 
Means . 
Series II.J 
None 
Barley-meal 
Bran 
Barley-meal and bran . , . 
None 
Bean and lentil meal . . , 
Bran 
Bean and lentil meal and 
bran 
Bean and lentil meal 
Barley-meal 
fMixtureof bran \ barley-meal 2, and. bean and lentill 
\ meal ;j parts, ad libitum J 
1 I J Mixture oi' bran 1, Ix'an and lentil meal 2, and barley- 1 
L I i meal 3 parts, ad libitum J 
Means 
—3-20 
312 
26-5 
18-2 
801 
0-16 
4-65 
19-2 
14-7 
575 
—0-16 
3-99 
21 -2 
15-2 
547 
—0-75 
4-57 
20-1 
15-6 
614 
0-56 
10-09 
18-5 
16-9 
574 
—0-53 
e-57 
2!-l 
17-5 
620 
0-49 
979 
18-9 
16-9 
50G 
—4-33 
4-49 
22-7 
18-0 
57S 
0-27 
5-65 
20-4 
16-1 
495 
1-58 
8-10 
21-1 
17-6^ 
515 
—0-59 
6-10 
21-0 
16-7 
572 
Series III.J 
2 
4 
4 
Bran and Indian-meal ) 
(equal parts) . . . . / 
Indian-meal .... 
—1-06 
—0-261 
5-OC 
8-16 
24- 3 
25- 6 
18-1 
20-9 
315 
352 
Means .... 
—0-66 
6-61 
24-9 
19-5 
333 
Series IV.§ 
1 
2 
•i 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
!'"! 
) \ 1 Sugar and starch . , . 
Lentils, bran, sugar, starch, each ad libitum .... 
3-07 
3- 18 
4- 06 
4-80 
9-30 
9-36 
10-78 
9-96 
19-4 
19-4 
17- 7 
18- 7 
16-9 
16-9 
16-1 
16-5 
Means .... 
378 
985 
18-8 
16-6 
Means of all . . 
0-58 
7-34 
21-2 
17-3 
472 
* Tlie amount of mineral matter is probably in many caies too low ; see text, pp. 468 and 474. , 
t For further particulars of the Experiment see Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 
t For further particulars of the Experiments see Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, vol. xiv. 
?' For furtlier particulars of the Experiments, see Repoit of the British Association for the Advancement of Science 
for 1854. 
