in the Winter of 1887-8. 47? 
I'lie costs of the additional foods were, including cost of 
crushing 
3. d. 
Oats (weight per bushel, 42 lbs.) ... 23 6 per 336 lbs. 
Barley ( „ „ 56 „ ) . . . 27 0 „ 448 lbs. 
Wheat ( „ „ 60 „ ) . . . 29 0 „ 480 lbs. 
Tlie weights of the sheep at commencement were :— 
"Weights of Sheep put under Experiment on 
December 19, 1887. 
Pen I. 
Pen 
II. 
Pen III. 
Pen IV. 
Pen V. 
cwt. 
qrs. lbs. 
cwt. 
qr= 
. lbs. 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
cwt. 
qrs. lbs. 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
1 
0 7| 
0 
3 
Hi 
0 
3 17f 
1 
0 13i 
1 
0 10| 
1 
0 8i 
1 
0 
1 
0 0 
1 
0 U 
1 
0 10.^ 
1 
0 12i 
1 
0 
loi 
1 
0 i 
0 
3 25' 
1 
0 5 
1 
0 15| 
1 
0 
10 
1 
0 19 
1 
0 15 
1 
0 2J 
1 
0 8 
0 
3 
22 
1 
0 22 
1 
0 0 
1 
0 8t 
0 
3 17i 
1 
0 
21i 
I 
0 7 
1 
0 5 
1 
0 4 
1 
0 22f 
1 
0 
12f 
1 
0 1 
1 
0 
1 
0 16 
0 
3 2.5 
] 
0 
8 
1 
0 11 
1 
0 4i 
1 
0 5 
Total of \ 
8 sheep J 
8 
2 5 
8 
2 
n 
8 1 2of 
8 1 21f 
8 2 C 
The sheep were daily given a first feed of sliced swedes at 
7 A.M., corn and hay between 10 and 11 a.m., and a second feed 
of swedes at 4 p.m. The average amounts of food consumed 
during the whole period by the sheep per head daily were : — 
Pen I. 
Pen II. 
Pen III. 
Pen IV. 
Pen V. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
lbs. 
20 
19| 
19§ 
20 
i 
1 
4 
1 
4 
1 
4 
4 
t 
4 
3 
8 
s 
Barley ...... 
4 
8 
Wheat 
3 
4 
3 
8 
During the winter, which was a very open one, the sheep fed 
capitally and kept well, with one exception. This was a sheep 
in pen 5 (wheat and oats), which died on January 24, after 
shifting the pens from one field to another. The sheep was 
examined by a veterinary surgeon. It was found to be very fat 
around the kidneys, but there was no undue quantity of wheat 
or oats in the stomach, these with the other foods being all well 
digested. It is not unusual, I believe, for sheep to die after 
shifting from one field to another, from the consequent excite- 
ment and partaking, it may be too freely, of the fresh food 
