SOME OE THE ANIMALS FED AND SLAUGHTEEED AS HUMAN FOOD. 567 
In Tables XVIII. and XXI. are arranged, respectively, the mean actual weights, and 
the mean 'percentages in the entire animal, of the individual organs, &c., of 249 Sheep, 
dhided mto 5 Classes, according to age, condition of maturity and fatness, and mode of 
feeding. Thus, there are given, the average results of : — 
5 Sheep, each of a different Breed, which were killed in the store condition, in 
order to provide a standard with which to compare the others ; 
100 Sheep, comprising a number from six different Breeds, all fed upon good fat- 
tening food, and under cover, during a period of five or six months, com- 
mencing at the age and stage of progress at which the 5 store or standard 
animals above mentioned were taken ; 
45 Sheep, from the same six Breeds as the last, but fed from the point at which 
they were slaughtered, for about six or seven months longer (though not 
under cover), until more than ordinarily fat, or in the condition of so-called 
“ Christmas mutton 
78 Sheep, all of one Breed, but divided into a number of lots, each with a 
diflFerent kind of diet, but fed to a medium degree of fatness ; 
21 Sheep, from several different Breeds, all fed and slaughtered as “ Christmas 
mutton.” 
By the side of the columns showing the mean results for each of these 5 different 
Classes of Sheep, and for the whole 249 animals, respectively, are also given 
the results for the Fat Lamb, and for each of the 4 individual Sheep which 
were selected and killed in different conditions, for the purposes of analysis. 
Table XIX. gives the means of the actual weights, and Table XXII. of the percent- 
ages, of the organs and parts of 69 Pigs; allotted into 7 Classes, distinguished one from 
another chiefly by the different character of the food, and the consequent and observed 
varying degree of growth and maturity. The separate results for each of the 2 animals 
selected and slaughtered for analysis are also given. 
Lastly, in Table XXIII. are brought together, at one view, the general averages (both 
actual and percentage), for each of the three descriptions of animal', that is to say, 
the means, side by side, respectively of 16 Heifers and Bullocks, 249 Sheep, and 
59 Pigs. 
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