478 Feeding Experiments at Crauiey Mill Farm, Wolvrn, 
just aftenvards. This seemed to be the case here. The animal 
on December 19 had weighed 1 cwt. 4 lbs., and on January 24 
the carcase weighed 9 stones (of 8 lbs.). 
The weights at the conclusion of the experiment were : — 
Weights of the Five Pexs of Sheep at the esd of 112 Days, 
Dec. 19, 1887, to April 9, 1888. 

j Pen I. 1 Pen II. 
Pen III. 
Pen IV. 
Pen V. 
Oats j Barley 
Oats and 
barley 
Wheat 
Oats and 
1 wheat 
1 
Weights of Sheep-/ 
1 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
12 0 
1 1 20 
1 1 25 
12 8 
1 1 23 
12 0 
13 2 
1 0 25 
! cwt. qrs. lbs. 
1 1 0 23 
12 7 
1 1 25 
12 8 
112 
1 2 10 
1 2 11 
12 5 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
114 
1 1 22 
1 1 13 
1 2 22 
1 2 16 
1 1 24 
1 1 23 
12 6 
cwt. qrs. lbs. 
12 6 
12 1 
1 1 20 
1 1 25 
1 1 24 
1 1 22 
1 2 14 
1 1 22 
' cwt. qrs. lbs. 
1 1 2 3 
1 1 15 
1 1 12 
1 1 14 
1 1 27 
died Jan. 24. 
1 1 20 
12 9 
Total weight of] 
sheep, April 9, \ 
11 3 21 
11 3 9 
11 3 18 
11 3 22 
10 0 IG 
1888 . . . . j 
Total weight oni 
Dec. 19, 1887. I 
Total increase in. 
weight of sheep I 
during 112[ 
8 2 5 
8 2 7i 
1 
8 1 25J 
8 1 24f 
7 2 2 
3 1 IC 
3 1 If 
3 1 20i 
3 1 25i 
2 2 14' 
days . . . . ' 
Equivalent in lbs. 
Increase per head \ 
380 lbs. 
365f lbs. 
3S41 lbs. 
3891 lbs. 
294 lbs.' 
during thel 
whole period . J 
Daily increase per i 
head . . . . / 
47 lb. 8 oz. 
6-8 oz. 
45 lb. lOoz. 
6-5 oz. 
1 
48 lb. 
G-9 oz. 
48 lb. 10 oz. 
7 oz. 
42 lb. 
6 oz. 
' 7 sheej) only. 
These results show in the case of four of the five foods com- 
paratively small differences in the increase of live weight. The 
actually highest result was got with wheat, but both oats and 
oats-with-barley nearly approached it, whilst barley given alone 
showed a less favourable result, and wheat-with-oats the lowest 
of all. It would appear that between foods so nearly approach- 
ing one another in chemical composition as these, the differences 
in live weight obtained are likely to be but small, but that the 
mixture of oats and wheat is not so suitable, whilst as to the 
rest, barley given alone is hardly as good a food as the others. 
As regards wheat, the experiniont proves, I think now beyond 
