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On the Breeding, Feeding, §"c, of Sheep. 
Experiment, No. 2. 
Lot of lambs fed on white turnips I Lot of lambs fed on swedes gained 
gained in a month each on the in a month each on the average 
average lOf lbs. | 4| lbs. 
being a difference of 6 lbs. each lamb in favour of cut white tur- 
nips in the month of October. I continued the experiment for 
some weeks by weighing the lambs occasionally, and found, as the 
cold and wet weather came on, that the white turnips became less 
feeding. In order to prove the feeding quality of the white turnip 
still further, as experience has taught me not to rest upon a single 
experiment, whether it relates to sheep or to different kinds of 
management for corn-crops, since in the one case the health or 
constitutions of the animals may be peculiar, and as regards corn 
or grain, the influence of this variable climate may operate dif- 
ferently in some seasons upon one sort, or method of manage- 
ment, than another, I therefore resolved to try the white turnips 
against cabbage, and selected on the 1st of October, 1835, some 
lambs ; which were weighed. One lot was put on cabbage, with 
a few white turnips cut in troughs daily, with clover chaff ; the 
other lot was fed on white turnips cut and clover chaff only. They 
were weighed again, October 30, and the difference was found to 
be as under : — 
Experiment, No. 3. 
Lambs fed on white turnips gained 
in the same time each iHIbs. 
Lambs fed on cabbage and white 
turnips gained each on the aver- 
age in twenty-nine days 12ilbs. 
This experiment shows but little in favour of cabbage (a known 
good food), but it will be observed that some white turnips were 
given with them. 
Again, in the same month of October, 1835, two lots of lambs 
were weighed ; and one lot was penned and fed on cut white tur- 
nips and clover chaff, the other was fed on cut Swedes and clover 
chaff and a few white turnips. At the end of a month they were 
weighed again, and the result was : — 
Experiment, No. 4. 
Lot on white turnips and chaff 
only, gained each in a month 
8 lbs. 
Lot on swedes and white turnips 
and ohafF, gained in the same 
time each 5 lbs. 
Difference in favour of using white turnips only 3 lbs. each lamb 
per month. 
Since these experiments I have invariably used white turnips 
for lambs in the autumn, and find they are an excellent food, if not 
sown too early in the season, and preferable to Swedes during the " 
