720 
Feedinrj Exjjeriments at Woburn. 
Pen 2. — Linseed-cake and Barley. 
No. 
Weights at 
oommence- 
iiient. Deo. 
15, 1891 
W eights on 
Jan 21, 
1892 
Weights on 
Feb. 19 
W eights on 
March 18 
G.ain in 
live- 
weight 
in 93 
days 
Fasted r,,....,— 
live- Carcass 
weiehta "'eights. 
owt 
qr 
11). 
en't 
In. 
owt 
qr 
lb. 
cwt 
qr 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
lb. 
1 
0 
3 
24 
1 
0 
IG 
1 
0 
26 
1 
1 
13 
45 
147 
71 
2 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
16 
1 
0 
20 
1 
1 
5 
33 
142 
71 
3 
0 
3 
21 
1 
0 
12 
1 
0 
22 
1 
1 
6 
33 
141 
61 
4 
1 
0 
7 
1 
0 
22 
1 
0 
27 
1 
1 
20 
41 
153 
74 
.'i 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
12 
1 
0 
18 
1 
1 
8 
35 
143 
65 
G 
0 
3 
15 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
8 
1 
0 
20 
33 
128 
56 
7 
0 
o 
23 
1 
0 
16 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
9 
42 
144 
70 
8 
1 
0 
15 
1 
1 
10 
1 
1 
22 
1 
2 
17 
58 
179 
85 
9 
0 
3 
25 
1 
0 
15 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
10 
41 
147 
71 
10 
0 
3 
20 
1 
0 
12 
1 
0 
22 
1 
1 
8 
44 
143 
71 
11 
0 
3 
26 
1 
0 
11 
1 
0 
22 
1 
0 
26 
29 
134 
63 
12 
0 
3 
27 
1 
0 
14 
1 
0 
23 
1 
1 
12 
41 
146 
68 
13 
1 
0 
4 
1 
0 
21 
1 
1 
5 
1 
1 
22 
46 
158 
75 
14 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
11 
1 
0 
12 
1 
1 
3 
30 
139 
73 
15 
0 
3 
19 
1 
0 
13 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
20 
67 
163 
73 
16 
1 
0 
11 
1 
1 
8 
1 
1 
17 
1 
2 
4 
49 
1G9 
86 
17 
0 
3 
22 
1 
0 
18 
1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
20 
64 
155 
76 
18 
0 
3 
23 
1 
0 
16 
1 
0 
17 
1 
1 
3 
36 
139 
67 
19 
0 
3 
21 
1 
0 
13 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
13 
48 
119 
75 
20 
1 
0 
5 
1 
0 
23 
1 
0 
26 
1 
1 
15 
38 
150 
75 
21 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
14 
1 
0 
21 
1 
1 
7 
36 
143 
69 
22 
0 
3 
13 
1 
0 
4 
1 
0 
14 
1 
1 
0 
43 
137 
67 
23 
0 
3 
24 
1 
0 
15 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
10 
42 
146 
73 
21 
0 
O 
11 
1 
0 
4 
1 
0 
12 
1 
1 
4 
49 
139 
60 
Total of 24 1 
sheep 1 
23 
1 
24 
27 
1 
8 
29 
0 
14 
32 
1 
23 
1,007 
3,524 
1,695 
Gain per head daily ) 
diiringeach period / 
•50 lb. 
•29 lb. 
*5 
61b. 
•45 lb. 
Average 
weight per 
head 
1 lG-8 lb. 
Average 
weiglit per 
liead 
70-6 lb. 
Gain per head daily during entire period J51b. 
As one sheep died in pen 1 before the experiment concluded, 
the fairest comparison will be obtained by omitting the corre- 
sponding sheep in each of the other pens (the initial weights of 
all three were within a pound of one another at the commence- 
ment of the experiment), and thus reckoning the experiment as 
if conducted with twenty-four sheep only in each pen. 
The average losses per head in fasting were ; — 
Pen 1 (Linseed-cake) . . . . i . 6-12 lb. 
„ 2 (Linseed-cake and barley) . . • . 4'721b 
„ 3 (Lin.secd-ca]ce, barley, and malt) . . , .'j-92 lb. 
These results show that during each of the three separate periods 
the greatest increase in live-weight was given by the linseed- 
