480 
Oh the Composition of Oxen, Sheep, and Pigs, 
Table XXI. — Showing the amount of Fat stored up in the Increase of Fattening 
Pigs lor 100 of Dry Matter of Food consumed, the jiroportion of Fat ah-cady 
formed in the Food, the amount of Fat tliat must have heen ■produced iwrn other 
compounds, and the amount of Starch that would be required if the produced Fat 
were fonned from it. 
GENERAL PARTICULARS OF THE EXPERIMENTS. 
For 100 Dry Matter of Food. 
Pens. 
Num' 
ber of 
Ani- 
mals. 
Duration 
Description of Fattening Food. 
Given in Limited 
Quantity. 
Given 
ad libitum. 
Total 
Fat 
in lii- 
crease. 
Fat 
already 
formed 
in the 
Food. 
• 
The Analysed "Fat Pig."* 
1 
wks. days. 
10 0 
f Mixture of bran 1, bean and lentil meal 2, and 1 
13-20 
3-23 
9-94 
24-85 
Series I.j- 
15-93 
Kroo 
14-95 
2- 89 
3- 66 
459 
13-04 
12-34 
10-36 
32 -60 
30-85 
25 90 
17-48 
16-76 
16-83 
6-15 
5 - 43 
6- 31 
11 -^3 
11-33 
10-52 
28-32 
28-32 
26 -30 
16-59 
5-64 
10-95 
27-37 
1559 
4-65 
10-94 
27-35 
1627 
4-92 
1135 
28-38 
0^ 
None 
Indian-meal 
Indian-meal and bran . . 
None 
liean and lentil meal . . . 
Hran 
I liean and lentil meal, and 1 
\ bran J 
■ Bean and lentil meal ■ 
Indian-meal 
f Bean and lentil meal, Indian-meal, and bran, each ) 
\ ad libitum / 
Means 
Series Il.f 
1 
2 
3 
4 
3 
3 
3 
3 
barley-meal and bran , . 
1 Bean and lentil meal | 
17-37 
13- 49 
1406 
14- 60 
2-40 
2-65 
2-85 
308 
14-97 
10- 94 
11- 21 
11-42 
37-42 
27-35 
2S-02 
2H-65 
■ 5 
6 
7 
8 
3 
3 
3 
3 
■ 8 0 ■ 
Bean and lentil meal . . . 
f Ltean and lentil meal, and 1 
1 Barley-meal . . | 
1545 
16- 21 
15-50 
17- 18 
283 
2- 81 
3- 27 
316 
12- 62 
13- 40 
12-23 
1402 
.31-55 
33-50 
30-57 
35-05 
9 &10 
6 
f Mixture of bran 1, barley-meal 2, and bean and) 
14-77 
2-99 
11-78 
29-45 
11&12 
f Mixture of bran 1, bean and lentil meal 2, and 1 
15-88 
3-08 
12-80 
32 00 
15-44 
2'90 
12-54 
31-35 
Series Ill.-f 
1 
2 
4 
4 
1 8 0 
Bran and I ndian-meal 1 
(equal parts ... J 
Indian-meal .... 
17-05 
19-27 
5-40 
5-48 
11-65 
13-79 
29-12 
34-47 
18-16 
5-44 
12-72 
31-79 
1604 
3-96 
12-08 
30-20 
» For further particulars of the Experiments, see Report of the British Association for the Advancement of 
Science for 1 K^2. • /. t. , i 
+ For further particulars of the Experiments, see Journal of the Eoyal Agricultural Society of England, 
vol. xiv., part 2, 
