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Pen 1. Pen ?, Pen 3. 
^ lb. linscetl-cake. i lb. linseed-cake. j lb. linseed cake. 
f lb. barley. ^ lb. barley. 
j *5 lb. malt. 
Swedes and clovev-hay chaff were given ad Uhitum, but tlie 
quantities were weighed and recorded. 
The hours and nature of the meals were as follows : at 
7.30 A.M., sliced roots ; 10 A.M., cake and corn with chaff; 1 P.M., 
sliced roots ; 4 P.M., sliced roots. Samples of the different 
foods were taken at intervals throughout the experiment, and 
duly analysed. The following table rejiresents their average 
compositions : — 
Linsecfl-cake 
B.arlcy 
(ftrit- 
tled ) 
Malt 
(grit- 
tied) 
Clover- 
liay 
cliafE 
Swedes 
Mangel 
1st 
ilelivery 
2nd 
ilelivei-y 
Moisture .... 
13-83 
13-2G 
18-90 
15-41 
18-38 
88-67 
1 
00 
Oil 
10-91 
11-71 
2-19 
2-32 
— 
— 
— 
■Albuminous compounds . 
27-31 
.30-73 
11-23 
10-75 
13-50 
1 19 
1 62 
Starch, digestible fibre, &c. 
32-48 
31-79 
61-99 
64-13 
34-30 
8-65 
8-45 
Woody fibre 
9-04 
7-37 
3-36 
4-60 
25-28 
-83 
1-13 
Mineral matter (ash) 
C-13 
6-14 
2-33 
2-76 
8-54 
-66 
•97 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
100-00 
' containing nitrogen 
4-3G 
4-92 
1-79 
1-72 
2-16 
•19 
•26 
The experiment began on December 15, 1891, and lasted 
until March 18, 1892, a period of 93 days, which was divided 
into three separate portions of 36 days, 29 days, and 28 days 
respectively, the sheep being weighed at the close of each period, 
and the additional foods being each time increased . somewhat. 
Thus, the sheep began with ^ lb. per head daily of additional 
food in each of the pens, and this was increased to f lb. per 
head daily in the second period, and to 1 lb. per head daily in 
the third period, during which latter swedes were replaced by 
mangolds. The quantity of clover-hay chaiF remained much 
the same throughout, as also that of roo^, slight variations 
only being experienced, although the sheep were given just the 
amount they would readily take. One-third of a pound of 
clover-hay and 18 lb. to 19 lb. of sliced roots were about the 
quantities which each sheep took daily at first, the clover-hay 
going up to nearly k lb. towards the close of the experiment, 
when full quantities of cake were given. With one exception 
the sheep did well, this being a sheep in pen 1 (linseed-cake), 
which died on March 2, but which had been ailing for some 
thne previously. It died from acute inflammation, the result, 
