721 
Barley and Malt as Food for Sheep. 
Pen 3. — Linseed-cake, Barley, and Malt. 
No. 
j Weights at 
commence 
ment, Dec 
15, 1891 
1 
Weightson vreig,,t.= o. 
1 Ja'i- 21, jn 
1899 1 
j 
Weights 01 
March IS 
Gain in 
' live- 
weight 
1 ill 93 
1 (lays 
FastCil 
live- 
weights, 
Jlai^ch 18 
Carcass 
weiglits, 
5Iarch 22 
cwt 
nr. 11). 
cwt 
. or. lb. 
cwt.fjr 
.lb. 
cwt 
.qr. lb. 
1 
1 lb. 
lb. 
11). 
1 
0 
3 
25 
1 
0 
7 
1 
0 
20 
1 
1 
9 
1 40 
140 
G5 
2 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
9 
1 
0 
19 
1 
1 
11 
3<t 
146 
71 
?, 
0 
3 
24 
: 1 
0 
13 
1 
0 
22 
I 
1 
11 
43 
145 
72 
4 
1 
0 
7 
' 1 
0 
22 
' 1 
1 
3 
1 
1 
21 
: 42 
156 
78 
T) 
1 
0 
0 
1 
0 
13 
I 1 
0 
2o 
1 
1 
11 
1 39 
145 
71 
(i 
0 
3 
16 
1 1 
0 
2 
: 1 
0 
16 
1 
1 
8 
i ^8 
143 
69 
7 
0 
3 
22 
1 
0 
10 
: 1 
0 
20 
1 
1 
9 
43 
144 
66 
8 
1 
0 
17 
1 
1 
7 
1 
1 
21 
1 
2 
7 
46 
168 
81 
<1 
0 
3 
23 
1 
0 
8 
1 
0 
14 
1 
1 
5 
' 38 
140 
67 
10 
0 
3 
20 
1 
0 
11 
1 
0 
25 
1 
1 
16 
! 52 
150 
71 
11 
0 
3 
2.5 
1 
0 
13 
1 
0 
19 
1 
1 
17 
48 
151 
75 
12 
0 
3 
27 
1 
0 
16 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
19 
48 
154 
72 
i:$ 
1 
0 
4 
1 
0 
16 
1 
1 
4 
1 
1 
18 
42 
1.52 
75 
14 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
1.5 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
15 
42 
149 
74 
15 
0 
3 
19 
1 
0 
11 
1 
0 
17 
1 
1 
4 
41 
140 
68 
16 
1 
0 
12 
1 
1 
1 
1 
1 
11 
1 
2 
5 
49 
167 
82 
. 17 
0 
3 
21 
1 
0 
1 
1 
0 
10 
1 
0 
21 
28 
127 
61 
18 
0 
3 
22 
1 
0 
15 
1 
0 
26 
1 
1 
18 
52 
153 
74 
19 
0 
3 
21 
1 
0 
12 
1 
0 
19 
1 
1 
16 
51 
148 
69 
20 
1 
0 
5 
1 
0 
20 
1 
1 
2 
1 
1 
14 
37 
149 
;o 
21 
1 
0 
0| 
1 
0 
18 
1 
1 
0 
1 
1 
16 
44 
150 
77 
22 
0 
3 
14 
1 
0 
11 
1 
0 
19 
1 
1 
7 
49 
142 
67 
2;i 
0 
3 
26 i 
1 
0 
16 ' 
1 
0 
27 
1 
1 
21 
51 
154 
75 
24 
0 
3 
9 
0 
3 
24 
1 
0 
7 
1 
0 
22 1 
41 
127 
59 
Total of 24 1 j 
sheep / I 
23 
1 
24 
1 
26 
3 
29 
0 
12 
32 
3 
13 
1,0.53 
3,540 
1,709 
Gain per head daily t 
during entire period ) 
■4411). 
•36 lb. 
•62 lb. 
•471b. 
Average ; Average 
veight per weight jjer 
liead 1 head 
147-5 lb. ’ 71-2 lb. 
Gain per head daily during entire period '47 lb. 
cake ; next to it, though but slightly superior to the linseed- 
cake and barley mixture, coming the mixture which included malt. 
The sheep were sold by carcass weight at Nottingham, the 
price obtained being 55. 4d. per stone of 8 lb. The following 
table gives the carcass weights of the twenty-four sheep com- 
prising each pen, and the money returns ; — 
• 
Carcass 
weights 
Talite at 
5s. 4(1. per 
stone (81b.) 
Gain 
over 
Pen 2 
Gain 
over 
Pen 3 
Pen 1 (linseed-cake) .... 
lb. 
1,784 
£ s. d. 
59 9 4 
£ s. d. 
2 19 4 
£ s. d. 
2 10 0 
Pen 2 (linseed cake and barley) . 
Pen 3 (linseed-cake, barley, and malt) 
1,695 
1,709 
56 10 0 
56 19 4 
0 9 4 
— 
